Patents by Inventor Quentin L. Hampton

Quentin L. Hampton 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).

  • Self washing belt strainer
    Patent number: 4191653
    Abstract: An endless driven belt strainer adapted for use as a porous barrier in a channel containing a flowing liquid, such as a channel supplying raw sewage to a treatment plant. The belt strainer is composed of a number of endless porous wire or plastic screen strips arranged in side-by-side relation and which pass over a driving roller, guide rollers and a tension adjusting roller, all of which rotate in a frame having an upwardly inclined bottom portion which slopes away from the direction of flow of the liquid to be cleansed, and a top portion located above the liquid level and equipped with a cleaning means for removing foreign matter from the belt strainer as it commences its return travel. Means is provided for twisting each porous strip 180.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1980
    Inventor: Quentin L. Hampton
  • Apparatus and process for producing an organic product from sewage sludge
    Patent number: 3963471
    Abstract: A completely integrated and automated apparatus by which liquid sewage sludge from any sewage or waste treatment plant may be processed into a completely dry, pelletized and sterilized product of an organic nature containing nutrients valuable for the support of plant life. The apparatus involves one completely integrated and automated unit together with a control center by means of which electric circuits program each component of the apparatus to automatically regulate the operation of each component, so that no labor or other manpower is required in the operation, except for observation, lubrication, maintenance and repair of the various motors and machineries involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Inventor: Quentin L. Hampton
  • Apparatus and process for producing an organic product from sewage sludge
    Patent number: RE33998
    Abstract: A completely integrated and automated apparatus by which liquid sewage sludge from any sewage or waste treatment plant may be processed into a completely dry, pelletized and sterilized product of an organic nature containing nutrients valuable for the support of plant life. The apparatus involves one completely integrated and automated unit together with a control center by means of which electric circuits program each component of the apparatus to automatically regulate the operation of each component, so that no labor or other manpower is required in the operation, except for observation, lubrication, maintenance and repair of the various motors and machineries involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Inventor: Quentin L. Hampton