Patents by Inventor Johnny H. Price, Jr.

Johnny H. Price, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 5238401
    Abstract: An improved kiln wherein a smile shaped oil cooled refractory support is shortened so its distal end is adjacent the outside end of a front nose ring on a rotatable kiln drum, the nose ring being extended radially inwardly to shield the distal end of the smile shaped support from radiant energy from the kiln drum and direct combustion air over the distal end of the smile shaped support to prevent thermally induced stress cracking and substantially reduce the amount of partially burned material that spills over the front nose ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Frericks, Johnny H. Price, Jr.