Patents by Inventor Michael L. Massey

Michael L. Massey 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).

  • Pulsed regeneration of adsorption column
    Patent number: 4462904
    Abstract: An activated carbon adsorption column for the treatment of waste water is continuously sterilized and/or regenerated in pulsed batches of carbon amounting to 5 to 25 percent of the working column quantity transferred, alternately, from the influent face of the column to one of two, off-stream blow case vessels for steam processing and returned to the effluent face of the working column upon the next programmed pulsing interim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1984
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Donald G. Hager, Michael L. Massey, Frederick Rubel, Jr.
  • Pulsed regeneration of adsorption column
    Patent number: 4416798
    Abstract: An activated carbon adsorption column for the treatment of waste water is continuously sterilized and/or regenerated in pulsed batches of carbon amounting to 5 to 25 percent of the working column quantity transferred, alternately, from the influent face of the column to one of two, off-stream blow case vessels for steam processing and returned to the effluent face of the working column upon the next programmed pulsing interim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Donald G. Hager, Michael L. Massey, Frederick Rubel, Jr.