Patents by Inventor Juan E. Lanier

Juan E. Lanier 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).

  • Method and apparatus for comminuting solid particles in a fluid stream
    Patent number: 4133487
    Abstract: Disclosed is apparatus for separating and comminuting solid particles suspended in a fluid stream. Pumpable slurries containing solid bodies suspended in a liquid are separated into two streams with the larger bodies concentrated in one stream. The stream containing the larger bodies is passed through a mill which accelerates the stream and directs the accelerated stream against a stationery wall. The high speed bodies are fractured by impact with the wall and returned to a mixing vat to be mixed with the remainder of the slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1979
    Assignee: Ferguson Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Juan E. Lanier