Patents by Inventor Leo E. Thomason

Leo E. Thomason 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).

  • Refractory Melt Barrier For In-Container Vitrification
    Publication number: 20080167175
    Abstract: A process for melting material to be treated includes placing material to be treated in a container that may include an insulating lining, heating the material to be treated and melting the material to be treated, preferably allowing the melted material to cool to form a vitrified and/or crystalline mass, and disposing of the mass. The mass is either disposed while contained in container or removed from container after cooling and disposed. The insulating lining may comprise one or more layers of a thermal insulating material, one or more layers of refractory material, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Patrick S. Lowery, Leo E. Thomason, Brett E. Campbell, Steven L. Woosley