Patents by Inventor Kevin Pittman

Kevin Pittman 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: 7810986
    Abstract: Systems and methods for liquid dosing in blender systems are disclosed. An exemplary system includes one or more individual metering devices, each metering device including an individual material hopper for containing a granular material ingredient to be blended, a starve-fed mixing chamber coupled to the metering devices for receiving granular material ingredients from each metering device and mixing the ingredients, and a liquid ingredient dosing device disposed within the starve-fed mixing chamber for injecting a liquid ingredient into the path of the granular material ingredients as they fall through or out of the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Process Control Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Landers, John Beal, Kevin Pittman
  • Publication number: 20070115753
    Abstract: Systems and methods for liquid dosing of blender systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, a liquid injection device is used within a cascade mixing chamber of the blender system to dose granular polymer material with a liquid additive such as a liquid cross-linker for the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Alan Landers, John Beal, Kevin Pittman