Patents by Inventor Randall E. Gibbons

Randall E. Gibbons 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).

  • Purification system
    Patent number: 5141636
    Abstract: A system for prolonging the life of a GAC water treatment device in which an ultraviolet light transparent material is used to constrain water to flow over carbon surfaces configured to receive maximum flux from a U/V radiation source, for the purpose of preventing microbial proliferation on the carbon surfaces, oxidizing organic contaminants adsorbed from the water onto the carbon surfaces and from biodegradation of adsorbed microbial forms, disinfecting water, and oxidizing organic contaminants in the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: David T. Flanagan, Randall E. Gibbons