Patents by Inventor Michael Broderick
Michael Broderick 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).
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Patent number: 11464252Abstract: An agitator for a product peel removal system, the agitator comprising: a central axle having a plurality of outwardly projecting arms; and a product lifter at the distal end of at least one of said outwardly projecting arms; and an apparatus for product peel removal comprising: a drum having an inlet for receiving product, an outlet for dispensing of product; and a plurality of perforations through which removed peel may pass; at least one agitator arranged within said drum and rotatable relative to said drum for agitating the product passing between said inlet and outlet; and means for controlling the retention time of product within the rotatable drum independently from the rotation speed of the agitator.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: TOMRA SORTING SOLUTIONSInventor: Michael Broderick
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Patent number: 11173090Abstract: A method and apparatus to de-tension or unload the sciatic or other major nerve or muscle group compressing a nerve of a user.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Inventors: Dale Dellacqua, Michael Broderick, Souheil F. Haddad
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Publication number: 20210345655Abstract: A peeling process and system comprising a primary peeling device; a sorting device arranged to sort product output from the primary peeling device into peeled product and partially peeled product; a secondary peeling device arranged to receive the partially peeled product output from the sorting device; and a peel control system to monitor the peel quality of product detected in at least one position after the primary peeling device and control the peeling system in response to same.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: Tomra Sorting LimitedInventors: Michael BRODERICK, Doug REID, John MCGLOUGHLIN
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Patent number: 10583393Abstract: A system for vaporizing and optionally decomposing a reagent, such as aqueous ammonia or urea, which is useful for NOx reduction, includes a cyclonic decomposition duct, wherein the duct at its inlet end is connected to an air inlet port and a reagent injection lance. The air inlet port is in a tangential orientation to the central axis of the duct. The system further includes a metering valve for controlling the reagent injection rate. A method for vaporizing and optionally decomposing a reagent includes providing a cyclonic decomposition duct which is connected to an air inlet port and an injection lance, introducing hot gas through the air inlet port in a tangential orientation to the central axis of the duct, injecting the reagent axially through the injection lance into the duct; and adjusting the reagent injection rate through a metering valve.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: CECO ENVIRONMENTAL IP INC.Inventors: James M. Valentine, Jeffrey Michael Broderick, Thomas V. Eldredge, Saiprasad Jangiti, Eric Lindemann
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Publication number: 20190364951Abstract: A steam peeling vessel for rotation about an internal axis of rotation, including at least one internal lifter having a longitudinal axis oriented at an oblique angle to the internal axis of rotation of the vessel. The vessel may include at least two internal lifters. The vessel may include a first lifter oriented at a first oblique angle to the axis of rotation, and at least a second lifter oriented at a second oblique angle to the axis of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2016Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: Tomra Sorting LimitedInventor: Michael BRODERICK
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Publication number: 20190357583Abstract: An agitator for a product peel removal system, the agitator comprising: a central axle having a plurality of outwardly projecting arms; and a product lifter at the distal end of at least one of said outwardly projecting arms; and an apparatus for product peel removal comprising: a drum having an inlet for receiving product, an outlet for dispensing of product; and a plurality of perforations through which removed peel may pass; at least one agitator arranged within said drum and rotatable relative to said drum for agitating the product passing between said inlet and outlet; and means for controlling the retention time of product within the rotatable drum independently from the rotation speed of the agitator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventor: MICHAEL BRODERICK
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Patent number: 10426186Abstract: An agitator for a product peel removal system, the agitator comprising: a central axle having a plurality of outwardly projecting arms; and a product lifter at the distal end of at least one of said outwardly projecting arms; and an apparatus for product peel removal comprising: a drum having an inlet for receiving product, an outlet for dispensing of product; and a plurality of perforations through which removed peel may pass; at least one agitator arranged within said drum and rotatable relative to said drum for agitating the product passing between said inlet and outlet; and means for controlling the retention time of product within the rotatable drum independently from the rotation speed of the agitator.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: TOMRA SORTING SOLUTIONSInventor: Michael Broderick
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Publication number: 20180274779Abstract: A system for controlling a reagent flow to a furnace in a SCNR process includes at least one injection distribution module (IDM) for supplying water to a plurality of injection lances, metering valves for supplying a NOx reducing agent to the plurality of injection lances, wherein the reagent injection rate of each injection lance is controlled by one metering valve such that a reagent concentration in each injection lance is adjustable and variable from one another. A method for controlling a reagent flow to a furnace includes providing at least one IDM, and for each IDM, providing a plurality of injection lances in communication with the IDM, supplying water to the plurality of injection lances through the IDM and supplying a NOx reducing agent through metering valves, wherein each metering valve controls the reagent injection rate to one injection lance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: James M. Valentine, Edmund S. Schindler, Jeffrey Michael Broderick, R. Gifford Broderick, John N. Dale
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Patent number: 10006633Abstract: A system for controlling a reagent flow to a furnace in a SCNR process includes at least one injection distribution module (IDM) for supplying water to a plurality of injection lances, metering valves for supplying a NOx reducing agent to the plurality of injection lances, wherein the reagent injection rate of each injection lance is controlled by one metering valve such that a reagent concentration in each injection lance is adjustable and variable from one another. A method for controlling a reagent flow to a furnace includes providing at least one IDM, and for each IDM, providing a plurality of injection lances in communication with the IDM, supplying water to the plurality of injection lances through the IDM and supplying a NOx reducing agent through metering valves, wherein each metering valve controls the reagent injection rate to one injection lance.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: PEERLESS MFG. COInventors: James M. Valentine, Edmund S. Schindler, Jeffrey Michael Broderick, R. Gifford Broderick, John N. Dale
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Publication number: 20180126332Abstract: A system for vaporizing and optionally decomposing a reagent, such as aqueous ammonia or urea, which is useful for NOx reduction, includes a cyclonic decomposition duct, wherein the duct at its inlet end is connected to an air inlet port and a reagent injection lance. The air inlet port is in a tangential orientation to the central axis of the duct. The system further includes a metering valve for controlling the reagent injection rate. A method for vaporizing and optionally decomposing a reagent includes providing a cyclonic decomposition duct which is connected to an air inlet port and an injection lance, introducing hot gas through the air inlet port in a tangential orientation to the central axis of the duct, injecting the reagent axially through the injection lance into the duct; and adjusting the reagent injection rate through a metering valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2018Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicant: PEERLESS MFG. COInventors: James M. VALENTINE, Jeffrey Michael BRODERICK, Thomas V. ELDREDGE, Saiprasad JANGITI, Eric LINDEMANN
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Patent number: 9869226Abstract: In a large exhaust duct from a lean burn combustion source, such as a boiler, diesel engine or gas turbine, multiple injectors can be used to inject a reagent, such as an aqueous solution of urea or ammonia, into the exhaust for use in the catalytic reduction of NOx in a process known in the art as selective catalytic reduction (SCR). When operating at low injection rates, such as during low combustor loads, the injectors are operated individually for short periods of time in a sequential manner.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: PEERLESS MFG. CO.Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Broderick, Scott H. Lindemann, Eric Lindemann, James M. Valentine
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Patent number: 9861934Abstract: A system for vaporizing and optionally decomposing a reagent, such as aqueous ammonia or urea, which is useful for NOx reduction, includes a cyclonic decomposition duct, wherein the duct at its inlet end is connected to an air inlet port and a reagent injection lance. The air inlet port is in a tangential orientation to the central axis of the duct. The system further includes a metering valve for controlling the reagent injection rate. A method for vaporizing and optionally decomposing a reagent includes providing a cyclonic decomposition duct which is connected to an air inlet port and an injection lance, introducing hot gas through the air inlet port in a tangential orientation to the central axis of the duct, injecting the reagent axially through the injection lance into the duct; and adjusting the reagent injection rate through a metering valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: PEERLESS MFG.COInventors: James M. Valentine, Jeffrey Michael Broderick, Thomas V. Eldredge, Saiprasad Jangiti, Eric Lindemann
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Patent number: 9746177Abstract: A lean burn combustion source includes a first side stream comprising an inlet and an outlet, both positioned downstream of a furnace and upstream of a particulate control device, and a second side stream comprising: an inlet positioned downstream of the particulate control device and upstream of the catalyst, a heat exchanger section passing through the first side stream, whereby heat from hot exhaust gas flowing through the first side stream is transferred to hot exhaust gas flowing through the second side stream, an injector positioned in the second side stream injecting aqueous based reagent into the hot exhaust gas flowing through the second side stream such that the aqueous based reagent decomposes to ammonia gas, and an outlet in fluid communication with a reagent distribution device positioned in the primary exhaust gas stream downstream of the particulate control device and upstream of the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: PEERLESS MFG. CO.Inventors: R. Gifford Broderick, Jeffrey Michael Broderick, Kathryn V. O'Leary, Scott H. Lindemann, James M. Valentine
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Publication number: 20170095373Abstract: A method and apparatus to de-tension or unload the sciatic or other major nerve or muscle group compressing a nerve of a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Dale Dellacqua, Michael Broderick, Souheil F. Haddad
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Patent number: 9593609Abstract: A method for reducing NOx emissions in the exhaust of a combined cycle gas turbine equipped with a heat recovery boiler and a catalyst effective for NOx reduction, wherein a slip stream of hot flowing exhaust gases is withdrawn from the primary gas flow after the catalyst at a temperature of 500° F. to 900° F. and directed through a fan to a continuous duct into which an aqueous based reagent is injected for decomposition to ammonia gas and the outlet of the continuous duct is connected to an injection grid positioned in the primary exhaust for injection of ammonia gas into the primary exhaust stream at a location upstream of the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2013Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: PEERLESS MFG. CO.Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Broderick, Kathryn V. O'Leary, R. Gifford Broderick, John N. Dale, James M. Valentine
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Patent number: 9574678Abstract: A valve (61) for enabling release of pressurized steam from a pressure vessel has a displaceable closure member (67) which is maintained in its closed disposition by exposure to the pressure of the steam within the pressure vessel. The closure member (67) is displaced between its closed disposition and an open disposition by a double-acting actuator (69), suitably an air-driven piston/cylinder device, the closure member (67) being preferably mounted at one axial end of a spindle (68) extending between the closure member (67) and the actuator (69). The closure member (67) is suitably mounted for substantially metal-to-metal contact with a valve seat portion (63), without interposition of any sealing element, preferably for substantially vertical displacement between its closed and dispositions.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: ODENBERG ENGINEERING LIMITEDInventor: Michael Broderick
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Patent number: 9279515Abstract: A valve body (91) for enabling release of pressurized steam from a pressure vessel, the valve body comprising: a steam inlet (92), a steam outlet (93), and an internal wall defining a flow path between said inlet and said outlet, wherein at least a portion (102) of said internal wall in a region opposed to the steam inlet is removable.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2010Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: OSENEY LIMITEDInventor: Michael Broderick
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Publication number: 20150352491Abstract: A system for vaporizing and optionally decomposing a reagent, such as aqueous ammonia or urea, which is useful for NOx reduction, includes a cyclonic decomposition duct, wherein the duct at its inlet end is connected to an air inlet port and a reagent injection lance. The air inlet port is in a tangential orientation to the central axis of the duct. The system further includes a metering valve for controlling the reagent injection rate. A method for vaporizing and optionally decomposing a reagent includes providing a cyclonic decomposition duct which is connected to an air inlet port and an injection lance, introducing hot gas through the air inlet port in a tangential orientation to the central axis of the duct, injecting the reagent axially through the injection lance into the duct; and adjusting the reagent injection rate through a metering valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: James M. Valentine, Jeffrey Michael Broderick, Thomas V. Eldredge, Saiprasad Jangiti, Eric Lindemann
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Publication number: 20150345785Abstract: A system for controlling a reagent flow to a furnace in a SCNR process includes at least one injection distribution module (IDM) for supplying water to a plurality of injection lances, metering valves for supplying a NOx reducing agent to the plurality of injection lances, wherein the reagent injection rate of each injection lance is controlled by one metering valve such that a reagent concentration in each injection lance is adjustable and variable from one another. A method for controlling a reagent flow to a furnace includes providing at least one IDM, and for each IDM, providing a plurality of injection lances in communication with the IDM, supplying water to the plurality of injection lances through the IDM and supplying a NOx reducing agent through metering valves, wherein each metering valve controls the reagent injection rate to one injection lance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2015Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: James M. Valentine, Edmund S. Schindler, Jeffrey Michael Broderick, R. Gifford Broderick, John N. Dale
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Publication number: 20150093315Abstract: A system for controlling reagent flow to an exhaust of a lean burn combustion source includes a plurality of decomposition ducts each being connected to at least one injection lance of a reagent injection grid and supplying reagent and hot carrier gas to the injection lance, and at least one metering valve in communication with each of the plurality of decomposition ducts that controls reagent injection rate to the injection lance. A method of controlling a reagent flow to an exhaust of a lean burn combustion source includes providing a reagent injection grid having at least one injection lance, supplying the reagent and hot carrier gas to the reagent injection grid from a plurality of decomposition ducts coupled to the injection grid, and controlling reagent injection rate to the injection grid via at least one metering valve in communication with each of the plurality of decomposition ducts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Jeffrey Michael Broderick, Scott H. Lindemann, R. Gifford Broderick, Edmund S. Schindler, James M. Valentine