Patents by Inventor Manson Benedict

Manson Benedict 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).

  • Method of independently operating a group of stages within a diffusion cascade
    Patent number: 3961917
    Abstract: 1. A method of operating a group of the diffusion stages of a productive diffusion cascade with countercurrent flow, said group comprising a top and a bottom stage, which comprises isolating said group from said cascade, circulating the diffused gas produced in said top stage to the feed of said bottom stage while at the same time circulating the undiffused gas from said bottom stage to the feed of said top stage whereby major changes in inventory distribution within the group of stages are prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1949
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
    Inventors: Manson Benedict, Allen J. Fruit, Horace B. Levey