Patents by Inventor Levic C. Allen

Levic C. Allen 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).

  • Publication number: 20120263874
    Abstract: Fluidized bed reactor systems for producing high purity silicon-coated particles are disclosed. A vessel has an outer wall, an insulation layer inwardly of the outer wall, at least one heater positioned inwardly of the insulation layer, a removable concentric liner inwardly of the heater, a central inlet nozzle, a plurality of fluidization nozzles, at least one cooling gas nozzle, and at least one product outlet. The system may include a removable concentric sleeve inwardly of the liner. In particular systems the central inlet nozzle is configured to produce a primary gas vertical plume centrally in the reactor chamber to minimize silicon deposition on reactor surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: E. Wayne Osborne, Michael V. Spangler, Levic C. Allen, Robert J. Geertsen, Paul E. Ege, Walter J. Stupin, Gerald Zeininger