Patents by Inventor Larry J. Zitko

Larry J. Zitko 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: 5200055
    Abstract: A chrome plating facility having a chrome recovery system into which chrome bearing mist, swept from a chrome plating solution surface, is directed. The system comprises a chrome removal system and a chrome reclamation system. The removal system comprises structure defining surfaces for collecting chrome from the vapor flowing through the station, a second chrome removal station downstream from the first removal station and comprising second structure defining surfaces for collecting chrome from fluid flowing through the second station. The reclamation system recovers chrome from the removal system and comprises a solvent reservoir, solvent recirculating means for directing reservoir solvent onto the second chrome removal station surfaces for removing chrome therefrom and returning the solvent and chrome to the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Inventor: Larry J. Zitko