Patents by Inventor Ralph James Wagner

Ralph James Wagner 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).

  • Apparatus for sparging gas into liquid
    Patent number: 4066722
    Abstract: A rotatable bell is provided having a generally downwardly diverging shape about a central vertical axis, with the outer wall surface of the bell including a circumferentially extending jet flow surface portion with a plurality of gas flow wall openings circumferentially disposed around the base part thereof. Liquid is flowed downwardly over the jet flow surface portion of the wall from the upper part to the base part thereof to provide a high shear jet flow of liquid into which gas is injected for gas-liquid contacting and bulk mixing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: John Joseph Pietruszewski, Carl Scaccia, Ralph James Wagner