Patents by Inventor L. E. Wheeler

L. E. Wheeler 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 producing particles from a molten material using a rotating disk having a serrated periphery and dam means
    Patent number: 4385013
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing particulate directly from a supply of molten material by the use of a rotating member having discrete serrations in the periphery thereof. The leading surfaces of the serrations contact the molten material and propel a portion into a cavity formed by the surfaces of the serration while under the effect of a surface of a dam means, in proximity to which the serrations pass. The dam means is immersed in the supply of molten material adjacent to the periphery of the rotating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1983
    Assignee: Battelle Development Corporation
    Inventors: S. L. Couling, R. E. Maringer, L. E. Wheeler