Patents by Inventor Martin Bezon

Martin Bezon 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).

  • Evaporator and liquid distributor
    Patent number: 9683784
    Abstract: A liquid distributor delivers a falling flow of the liquid to be distributed substantially uniformly along a longitudinal extent of the liquid distributor. The liquid distributor has a bottom wall including a longitudinally extending distribution plate having a plurality of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending channels. A shell and tube evaporator for chilling a working fluid incorporates the liquid distributor as a distributor of liquid onto the heat exchange tubes of a tube bundle disposed within an interior volume of the shell. Each channel is aligned with a respective column of the plurality of vertical columns of heat exchange tubes and is configured to deliver a falling flow of liquid refrigerant onto the respective tube column substantially uniformly along the longitudinal extent of the respective tube column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marcel Christians, Jack L. Esformes, Satyam Bendapudi, Martin Bezon, Xinliang Qiu, Sean P. Breen
  • Evaporator and Liquid Distributor
    Publication number: 20140366574
    Abstract: A liquid distributor delivers a falling flow of the liquid to be distributed substantially uniformly along a longitudinal extent of the liquid distributor. The liquid distributor has a bottom wall including a longitudinally extending distribution plate having a plurality of laterally spaced and longitudinally extending channels. A shell and tube evaporator for chilling a working fluid incorporates the liquid distributor as a distributor of liquid onto the heat exchange tubes of a tube bundle disposed within an interior volume of the shell. Each channel is aligned with a respective column of the plurality of vertical columns of heat exchange tubes and is configured to deliver a falling flow of liquid refrigerant onto the respective tube column substantially uniformly along the longitudinal extent of the respective tube column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Marcel Christians, Jack L. Esformes, Satyam Bendapudi, Martin Bezon, Xinliang Qiu, Sean P. Breen