Patents by Inventor John Gommers

John Gommers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Liquid distributor for use in mass transfer column
    Patent number: 7125004
    Abstract: A flow distributor for liquid descending in a vertically elongated process column having an internal space. The distributor is made up of an elongated liquid distribution trough configured and arranged for being mounted in a process column in a position to extend across the internal space thereof. The trough has outer walls defining an elongated, longitudinally extending internal fluid distribution chamber and includes outlet holes which extend through the walls at locations permitting liquid to escape laterally outwardly from the trough. The distributor also includes a baffle distributor structure made up of an elongated, downwardly extending distributor plate member disposed adjacent the trough in a position such that at least a portion of a surface thereof is contacted by liquid escaping from said hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Koch-Glitsch, LP
    Inventors: Yusuf Omar Dollie, Juergen Muller, Izak Nieuwoudt, John Gommers, Rainer Käshammer, Christoph Ender
  • Liquid distributor for use in mass transfer column and method employing same
    Publication number: 20050189663
    Abstract: A flow distributor for liquid descending in a vertically elongated process column having an internal space. The distributor is made up of an elongated liquid distribution trough configured and arranged for being mounted in a process column in a position to extend across the internal space thereof. The trough has outer walls defining an elongated, longitudinally extending internal fluid distribution chamber and includes outlet holes which extend through the walls at locations permitting liquid to escape laterally outwardly from the trough. The distributor also includes a baffle distributor structure made up of an elongated, downwardly extending distributor plate member disposed adjacent the trough in a position such that at least a portion of a surface thereof is contacted by liquid escaping from said hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Yusuf Dollie, Juergen Muller, Izak Nieuwoudt, John Gommers, Rainer Kashammer, Christoph Ender