Patents by Inventor Peter B. Bosman

Peter B. Bosman 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).

  • Packing elements, a pack, a method of constructing a pack, and a method for installing a packing in an evaporative cooler
    Patent number: 5460755
    Abstract: A combination splash/trickle pack for an evaporative cooler, which comprises packing elements 10,12 made from expanded metal or plastics sheets. The packing elements 10,12 are arranged such that in use they form a stack of packing elements within the cooler with the width and length of the packing elements determining the width and depth of the pack. Each of a plurality of the elements 10,12 has an inclined surface with an angle of inclination which varies so that in use a first region of the surface is sufficiently inclined to the horizontal to serve as a trickle surface and a second region of the surface is sufficiently close to the horizontal to serve as a splash surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: T. C. Watermeyer Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter B. Bosman
  • Packing elements, a pack, a method of constructing a pack, and a method for installing a packing in an evaporative cooler
    Patent number: 5372752
    Abstract: A combination splash/trickle pack for an evaporative cooler, which comprises packing elements 10,12 made from expanded metal or plastics sheets. The packing elements 10,12 are arranged such that in use they form a stack of packing elements within the cooler with the width and length of the packing elements determining the width and depth of the pack. Each of a plurality of the elements 10,12 has an inclined surface with an angle of inclination which varies so that in use a first region of the surface is sufficiently inclined to the horizontal to serve as a trickle surface and a second region of the surface is sufficiently close to the horizontal to serve as a splash surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: T. C. Watermeyer Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter B. Bosman
  • Packing elements for evaporative coolers and a method of supporting packing elements in cooling towers
    Patent number: 4762650
    Abstract: A packing element 70, 94, 112 for an evaporative cooler, which comprises an apertured, corrosion resistant structure which includes a sheet of expanded metal. The metal is preferably of a ferritic corrosion resistant material such as 3Cr12. The invention also provides for a method of packing an evaporative cooler which includes using, in a single packing 68 for an evaporative cooler, packing elements 94 having a configuration suited to cross-flow conditons and, in addition, packing elements 70 having a configuration suited to counter-flow conditions. The invention provides further for a method of supporting a packing 68 having a trickle pack configuration, in a wet cooling tower 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: WLPU Holdings Proprietary Limited
    Inventor: Peter B. Bosman
  • Packing in wet cooling towers and method of and means for supporting the packing
    Patent number: 4269795
    Abstract: The invention provides for a method of and means for supporting the packing in an evaporative cooling tower in which the packing includes packing elements, each of which is suspended at its central region by means of a wire hanger. The packing element includes spaced splash ribs and the elements are vertically arranged offset from each other so that in plan view the packing presents an uninterrupted surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: WLPU Holdings Limited
    Inventor: Peter B. Bosman