Patents by Inventor Michael Stephen GARDNER

Michael Stephen GARDNER 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).

  • Publication number: 20220033284
    Abstract: Process for treatment of wastewater is provided. The wastewater includes suspended or dissolved wastewater components and an aqueous component. During the treatment process, at least a portion of a solids bed through which the wastewater is passed is dissolved using an electric current. Dissolution of the solids bed produces constituents which react with the wastewater and enable separation of the suspended or dissolved wastewater components from the aqueous component. Also provided is a system for carrying out the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Robert John STEPHENSON, Travis David Wayne REID, Michael Stephen GARDNER
  • Patent number: 11198999
    Abstract: Method and system for treatment of a wastewater stream at a location is disclosed. The wastewater stream includes a floating waste component such as sewer FOG or oil and an aqueous component such as water. The wastewater stream is directed from the location to a separator through an intake which is fluidly connected to the location and the separator. The separator separates the floating waste component from the aqueous component. The separated floating waste component is directed to a floating waste discharge outlet associated with the separator and the separated aqueous component is directed to an aqueous discharge outlet associated with the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Muddy River Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Douglas Jack, Robert John Stephenson, Michael Stephen Gardner
  • Publication number: 20200224403
    Abstract: Method and system for treatment of a wastewater stream at a location is disclosed. The wastewater stream includes a floating waste component such as sewer FOG or oil and an aqueous component such as water. The wastewater stream is directed from the location to a separator through an intake which is fluidly connected to the location and the separator. The separator separates the floating waste component from the aqueous component. The separated floating waste component is directed to a floating waste discharge outlet associated with the separator and the separated aqueous component is directed to an aqueous discharge outlet associated with the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Douglas JACK, Robert John STEPHENSON, Michael Stephen GARDNER
  • Publication number: 20190330086
    Abstract: An electrocoagulation unit for removing one or more dissolved constituents from an untreated feedstock comprises a non-electrically conductive housing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and an interior surface; a cathode and anode arranged within the housing, the cathode and anode each having an ionizing surface, the ionizing surfaces of the anode and cathode in opposed facing relation so as to define a gap having a separation distance therebetween; the cathode and the anode configured to be electrically coupled to a DC power supply in a DC electrical circuit so as to ionize and dissolve the ionizing surface of the anode; and a controller configured to maintain the separation distance at a set value as the ionizing surface of the anode dissolves. A method for using a plurality of electrocoagulation units in series is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Robert John STEPHENSON, Michael Stephen GARDNER, Peter Douglas JACK