Patents by Inventor Larry E. Godfrey

Larry E. Godfrey 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).

  • Water wash method for cleaning radioactively contaminated garments
    Patent number: 4969926
    Abstract: Both an apparatus and method for water washing garments and removing radioactive contaminates therefrom without the generation of liquid effluents is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a washing machine unit having a wash water inlet, a rinse water inlet and an outlet conduit, and a hydraulically closed wash water system. The was water system in turn includes a reservoir of filtered and demineralized water connected to the wash water inlet, a particulate filter unit connected to the outlet conduit for removing particulate impurities from the wash water discharged through the conduit, and a water polisher connected between the particulate filtration unit and the reservoir for supplying the reservoir with filtered and demineralized and chemically purified water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Bruce R. Sewter, Thomas A. Jarvis, Sr., Matthew A. Kirchner, Anthony J. Prisco, Jr., Arthur M. Bonneau, Keith E. Trendler, William E. Briggs, Larry E. Godfrey
  • Water wash apparatus for cleaning radioactively contaminated garments
    Patent number: 4909050
    Abstract: Both an apparatus and method for water washing garments and removing radioactive contaminates therefrom without the generation of liquid effluents is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a washing machine unit having a wash water inlet, a rinse water inlet and an outlet conduit, and a hydraulically closed wash water system. The wash water system in turn includes a reservoir of filtered and demineralized water connected to the wash water inlet, a particulate filter unit connected to the outlet conduit for removing particulate impurities from the wash water discharged through the conduit, and a water polisher connected between the particulate filtration unit and the reservoir for supplying the reservoir with filtered and demineralized and chemically purified water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Bruce R. Sewter, Thomas A. Jarvis, Sr., Matthew A. Kirchner, Anthony J. Prisco, Jr., Arthur M. Bonneau, Keith E. Trendler, William E. Briggs, Larry E. Godfrey