Patents by Inventor Kevin D. Pendleton

Kevin D. Pendleton 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).

  • Methods for repairing a refractory wall of a high temperature process vessel utilizing viscous fibrous refractory material
    Patent number: 7169439
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided whereby pumpable viscous fibrous material may be applied onto surfaces of high temperature process vessels while hot (i.e., while at or near such vessels' high operational temperatures of several hundreds up to several thousands of degrees Fahrenheit). More specifically, there are preferably provided a lance having a nozzle structure at a distal end thereof, and a pump system for pumping a pumpable fibrous refractory material to the nozzle. The lance has a length sufficient to allow it to be inserted into the high temperature process vessel so that the nozzle structure is adjacent an area in need of repair while an operator holds a proximal end thereof outside the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Fosbel Intellectual Limited
    Inventors: Kevin D. Pendleton, Stephen D. Cherico
  • Thermally protected lance for repairing high temperature process vessel walls with pumpable fibrous refractory material and systems employing the same
    Patent number: 7114663
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided whereby pumpable viscous fibrous material may be applied onto surfaces of high temperature process vessels while hot (i.e., while at or near such vessels' high operational temperatures of several hundreds up to several thousands of degrees Fahrenheit). More specifically, there are preferably provided a lance having a nozzle structure at a distal end thereof, and a pump system for pumping a pumpable fibrous refractory material to the nozzle. The lance has a length sufficient to allow it to be inserted into the high temperature process vessel so that the nozzle structure is adjacent an area in need of repair while an operator holds a proximal end thereof outside the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Fosbel Intellectual Limited
    Inventors: Kevin D. Pendleton, Stephen D. Cherico
  • Systems and methods for the high temperature application of pumpable fibrous refractory material
    Publication number: 20040250761
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided whereby pumpable viscous fibrous material may be applied onto surfaces of high temperature process vessels while hot (i.e., while at or near such vessels' high operational temperatures of several hundreds up to several thousands of degrees Fahrenheit). More specifically, there are preferably provided a lance having a nozzle structure at a distal end thereof, and a pump system for pumping a pumpable fibrous refractory material to the nozzle. The lance has a length sufficient to allow it to be inserted into the high temperature process vessel so that the nozzle structure is adjacent an area in need of repair while an operator holds a proximal end thereof outside the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: Fosbel Intellectual AG
    Inventors: Kevin D. Pendleton, Stephen D. Cherico
  • Systems and methods for the high temperature application of pumpable fibrous refractory material
    Publication number: 20040037955
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided whereby pumpable viscous fibrous material may be applied onto surfaces of high temperature process vessels while hot (i.e., while at or near such vessels' high operational temperatures of several hundreds up to several thousands of degrees Fahrenheit). More specifically, there are preferably provided a lance having a nozzle structure at a distal end thereof, and a pump system for pumping a pumpable fibrous refractory material to the nozzle. The lance has a length sufficient to allow it to be inserted into the high temperature process vessel so that the nozzle structure is adjacent an area in need of repair while an operator holds a proximal end thereof outside the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Kevin D. Pendleton, Stephen D. Cherico