Patents by Inventor Nicholas Rowe

Nicholas Rowe 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: 20240158989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixing assembly for controlling mixing of green liquor and a flocculation agent, the mixing assembly comprising a mixing vessel (20) having a first end and a second end, a vessel inlet (21) for supplying liquor and flocculation agent to the mixing vessel in a vicinity of the first end, a vessel outlet (22), a stirring device (31) that is rotatably arranged in the vicinity of the first end for mixing the liquor and flocculation agent by stirring, wherein the mixing vessel (20) has a length from a center of the vessel inlet to a center of the vessel outlet, and the mixing vessel also has a maximum width that is perpendicular to the length, and wherein said length is at least 1.5 times the maximum width. The invention also relates to a method for controlling flocculation of green liquor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Johan SKARIUS, Nicholas ROWE
  • Publication number: 20240117566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating green liquor in a green liquor treatment arrangement, wherein the method comprises—adding (101) a flocculation agent to green liquor to form flocculated green liquor,—supplying (102) the flocculated green liquor to a clarifying vessel for separating flocculated green liquor into flocculated matter and clear green liquor,—removing (103) flocculated matter through a sludge outlet, and—removing (104) clear green liquor from the clarifying vessel, wherein the method further comprises—measuring (201) a flocculation of the green liquor, wherein said measuring takes place after adding the flocculation agent but before supplying the flocculated green liquor to the clarifying vessel. The invention also relates to a green liquor treatment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: VALMET AB
    Inventors: Johan SKARIUS, Nicholas ROWE
  • Patent number: 10099726
    Abstract: A body for a vehicle includes an A-pillar defining a C-channel along a first surface of the A-pillar. The body further includes a support disposed within the C-channel and defining a shape matching the C-channel to mate the support along an entirety of the first surface via pre-formed spot welds aligned with the first surface. The welds are defined along a single plane being parallel to the first surface, wherein the welds are spaced to secure the support within the C-channel to form flush contact between the support and the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Rowe, Armando Zuniga, Alejandro Eli Acosta Flores, Omar Fragoso Medina
  • Publication number: 20180141589
    Abstract: A body for a vehicle includes an A-pillar defining a C-channel along a first surface of the A-pillar. The body further includes a support disposed within the C-channel and defining a shape matching the C-channel to mate the support along an entirety of the first surface via pre-formed spot welds aligned with the first surface. The welds are defined along a single plane being parallel to the first surface, wherein the welds are spaced to secure the support within the C-channel to form flush contact between the support and the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Nicholas ROWE, Armando ZUNIGA, Alejandro Eli ACOSTA FLORES, Omar FRAGOSO MEDINA
  • Patent number: 9364779
    Abstract: The method and equipment relates to the measurement of deflections of filter sectors in a disc filter. The filter discs in the disc filter are constituted by a number of filter sectors, and the distance between a position fixed relative to the filter, most commonly the scraper itself, and the filter surface is conventionally measured by manual measurement methods. The equipment is instead used that has a measuring head with a quick-release coupling for its mounting fixed in the filter, and a position sensor in the measuring head that measures the distance between the measurement arrangement and the surface of the filter disc in order to form momentary measurement results. The momentary measurement results are transferred by a data transfer link from the measurement arrangement to a data collection unit PC that has a memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Valmet AB
    Inventor: Nicholas Rowe
  • Publication number: 20150128434
    Abstract: The method and equipment relates to the measurement of deflections of filter sectors in a disc filter. The filter discs in the disc filter are constituted by a number of filter sectors, and the distance between a position fixed relative to the filter, most commonly the scraper itself, and the filter surface is conventionally measured by manual measurement methods. The equipment is instead used that has a measuring head with a quick-release coupling for its mounting fixed in the filter, and a position sensor in the measuring head that measures the distance between the measurement arrangement and the surface of the filter disc in order to form momentary measurement results. The momentary measurement results are transferred by a data transfer link from the measurement arrangement to a data collection unit PC that has a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Nicholas Rowe