Patents by Inventor Kenneth R. Colura

Kenneth R. Colura 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-solids separator
    Patent number: 4125467
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for gravitational separation of solids and liquid from a suspension wherein the suspension is flowed through a multiplicity of non-connected, substantially non-nesting contactors whose external surfaces are substantially non-planar to facilitate contact of the suspension with more contactor surfaces and to prevent the alignment of the contactors in such a manner so as to present the suspension flow with substantially horizontal or substantially vertical contact surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1978
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Philip O. Haddad, Kenneth R. Colura