Lori Ann Manning 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).
Abstract: A purging device for a system accumulating condensable and non-condensable gases. The purging device comprises: a purge tank; apparatus receiving the condensable and non-condensable gases from the system and directing said gases into the purge tank; apparatus condensing the non-condensable gases into a condensed form; apparatus accumulating the non-condensable gases in a header space; apparatus returning the condensed gases from the purge tank to the system; apparatus controllably removing the accumulated non-condensable gases from the header space; and apparatus generating controlled flow in the condensable and non-condensable gases.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 15, 2003
Date of Patent:
November 18, 2003
Assignee:
American Standard International Inc.
Inventors:
Richard M. Heiden, Robert J. Roth, Brian T. Sullivan, Steven E. Wolfgram, Lori Ann Manning
Abstract: A purging device for a system accumulating condensable and non-condensable gases. The purging device comprises: a purge tank; apparatus receiving the condensable and non-condensable gases from the system and directing said gases into the purge tank; apparatus condensing the non-condensable gases into a condensed form; apparatus accumulating the non-condensable gases in a header space; apparatus returning the condensed gases from the purge tank to the system; apparatus controllably removing the accumulated non-condensable gases from the header space; and apparatus generating controlled flow in the condensable and non-condensable gases.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 15, 2003
Publication date:
October 16, 2003
Inventors:
Richard M. Heiden, Robert J. Roth, Brian T. Sullivan, Steven E. Wolfgram, Lori Ann Manning