Patents by Inventor Joseph Covey

Joseph Covey 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: 5500185
    Abstract: A method for deoxygenating water is provided comprising the steps of (1) adding an oxygen scavenger such as hydrazine, carbohydrazide, diethylhydroxylamine or morpholine to water containing oxygen, contacting the water and the oxygen scavenger with hydroxide, carbonate or carbonate/bicarbonate form strong base anion resin wherein the water within the bed has a pH greater than about 7; and (2) contacting the water containing the oxygen scavenger with the strong base anion resin for at least about one minute and removing from the bed water containing less than about 100 ppb oxygen. The method is especially useful in deoxygenating boiler feedwater and makeup water at substantially ambient temperatures during boiler start-up procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1996
    Assignee: Southern California Edison
    Inventors: Frances M. Cutler, Joseph Covey
  • Patent number: D499066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Clinton Joseph Covey
  • Patent number: D795172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: American Kenda Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Clinton Joseph Covey, Liu Jing Ying