Patents by Inventor Richard C. Wingerson
Richard C. Wingerson 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).
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Publication number: 20160229879Abstract: The present invention provides lignin derivatives having a certain physical and/or chemical properties. In particular, the lignin derivatives of the invention have particular NMR spectral characteristics, impurity content, average molecular weight, and/or other characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: PUREVISION TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Dhrubojyoti Dey Laskar, John Allen Yegge, Andrew Stephen Boswell, Sara Jordan Chmelka, Leslie W. Joy, Ryan Carl Allen Tarrant, David Cole DeCoster, Richard C. Wingerson, Edwin R. Lehrburger
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Publication number: 20120184721Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for separating components of a solid feedstock, in particular lignocellulosic solid biomass feedstock, and a method for using the same. The apparatus feeds the solid feedstock in one direction and provides a reaction fluid or an extraction fluid in an opposite direction of the solid feedstock to rapidly separate various components from the solid feedstock.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: PUREVISION TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Richard C. Wingerson, Chim Yong Chin
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Patent number: 8136747Abstract: An apparatus to separate components of a solid feedstock is described. The apparatus may include a threaded shaft that has a plurality of reaction zone segments along the length of the shaft that are separated from each other by dynamic plug segments. The threads of the shaft have a first thread pitch in the reaction zone segments, and a second thread pitch in the dynamic plug segments. The apparatus may also include a motor to rotate the shaft, and an outlet coupled to a second end of the shaft, where one or more solid components of the solid feedstock exit the apparatus through the outlet. The apparatus may additionally include a feeder to supply the solid feedstock to the threaded shaft, and a pump to provide a rinse fluid to the threaded shaft, where the rinse fluid flows in the opposite direction of the solid feedstock along the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: PureVision Technology, Inc.Inventor: Richard C. Wingerson
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Publication number: 20100224268Abstract: An apparatus to separate components of a solid feedstock is described. The apparatus may include a threaded shaft that has a plurality of reaction zone segments along the length of the shaft that are separated from each other by dynamic plug segments. The threads of the shaft have a first thread pitch in the reaction zone segments, and a second thread pitch in the dynamic plug segments. The apparatus may also include a motor to rotate the shaft, and an outlet coupled to a second end of the shaft, where one or more solid components of the solid feedstock exit the apparatus through the outlet. The apparatus may additionally include a feeder to supply the solid feedstock to the threaded shaft, and a pump to provide a rinse fluid to the threaded shaft, where the rinse fluid flows in the opposite direction of the solid feedstock along the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: PUREVISION TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Richard C. Wingerson
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Patent number: 7717364Abstract: An apparatus to separate components of a solid feedstock is described. The apparatus may include a threaded shaft that has a plurality of reaction zone segments along the length of the shaft that are separated from each other by dynamic plug segments. The threads of the shaft have a first thread pitch in the reaction zone segments, and a second thread pitch in the dynamic plug segments. The apparatus may also include a motor to rotate the shaft, and an outlet coupled to a second end of the shaft, where one or more solid components of the solid feedstock exit the apparatus through the outlet. The apparatus may additionally include a feeder to supply the solid feedstock to the threaded shaft, and a pump to provide a rinse fluid to the threaded shaft, where the rinse fluid flows in the opposite direction of the solid feedstock along the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Purevision Technology, Inc.Inventor: Richard C. Wingerson
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Patent number: 7600707Abstract: An apparatus to separate components of a solid feedstock is described. The apparatus may include a threaded shaft that has a plurality of reaction zone segments along the length of the shaft that are separated from each other by dynamic plug segments. The threads of the shaft have a first thread pitch in the reaction zone segments, and a second thread pitch in the dynamic plug segments. The apparatus may also include a motor to rotate the shaft, and an outlet coupled to a second end of the shaft, where one or more solid components of the solid feedstock exit the apparatus through the outlet. The apparatus may additionally include a feeder to supply the solid feedstock to the threaded shaft, and a pump to provide a rinse fluid to the threaded shaft, where the rinse fluid flows in the opposite direction of the solid feedstock along the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2005Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: PureVision Technology, Inc.Inventor: Richard C. Wingerson
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Publication number: 20080217448Abstract: An apparatus to separate components of a solid feedstock is described. The apparatus may include a threaded shaft that has a plurality of reaction zone segments along the length of the shaft that are separated from each other by dynamic plug segments. The threads of the shaft have a first thread pitch in the reaction zone segments, and a second thread pitch in the dynamic plug segments. The apparatus may also include a motor to rotate the shaft, and an outlet coupled to a second end of the shaft, where one or more solid components of the solid feedstock exit the apparatus through the outlet. The apparatus may additionally include a feeder to supply the solid feedstock to the threaded shaft, and a pump to provide a rinse fluid to the threaded shaft, where the rinse fluid flows in the opposite direction of the solid feedstock along the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: PureVision Technology, IncInventor: Richard C. Wingerson
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Publication number: 20080029233Abstract: Countercurrent extraction of lignocellulosic biomass such as trees, grasses, shrubs, and agricultural residues or waste involves the separation of cellulose fibers from other constituents, for subsequent use in the manufacture of paper, plastics, ethanol, and other industrial chemicals. Systems and methods involve continuous, multiple processing steps that may include chemical reactions with mixing at elevated temperature and/or pressure, efficient reagent or solvent utilization, filtration at elevated temperature and/or pressure, controlled discharge of liquid and solid products, and energy recuperation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2006Publication date: February 7, 2008Applicant: PureVision Technology, Inc.Inventors: Richard C. Wingerson, Kiran L. Kadam
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Patent number: 6620292Abstract: A multi-function process is described for the separation of cellulose fibers from the other constituents of lignocellulosic biomass such as found in trees, grasses, agricultural waste, and waste paper with application in the preparation of feedstocks for use in the manufacture of paper, plastics, ethanol, and other chemicals. This process minimizes waste disposal problems since it uses only steam, water, and oxygen at elevated temperature in the range of 180° C. to 240° C. for 1 to 10 minutes plus a small amount of chemical reagents to maintain pH in the range 8 to 13. An energy recuperation function is important to the economic viability of the process.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2002Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Purevision Technology, Inc.Inventor: Richard C. Wingerson
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Publication number: 20020148575Abstract: A multi-function process is described for the separation of cellulose fibers from the other constituents of lignocellulosic biomass such as found in trees, grasses, agricultural waste, and waste paper with application in the preparation of feedstocks for use in the manufacture of paper, plastics, ethanol, and other chemicals. This process minimizes waste disposal problems since it uses only steam, water, and oxygen at elevated temperature in the range of 180° C. to 240° C. for 1 to 10 minutes plus a small amount of chemical reagents to maintain pH in the range 8 to 13. An energy recuperation function is important to the economic viability of the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2002Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventor: Richard C. Wingerson
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Patent number: 6419788Abstract: A multi-function process is described for the separation of cellulose fibers from the other constituents of lignocellulosic biomass such as found in trees, grasses, agricultural waste, and waste paper with application in the preparation of feedstocks for use in the manufacture of paper, plastics, ethanol, and other chemicals. This process minimizes waste disposal problems since it uses only steam, water, and oxygen at elevated temperature in the range of 180° C. to 240° C. for 1 to 10 minutes plus a small amount of chemical reagents to maintain pH in the range 8 to 13. An energy recuperation function is important to the economic viability of the process.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2000Date of Patent: July 16, 2002Assignee: PureVision Technology, Inc.Inventor: Richard C. Wingerson
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Patent number: 6045660Abstract: Apparatus for use in the rectification of liquid mixtures (separation of liquid mixtures into their constituents) and other processes requiring equilibration of liquid and gaseous phases in which mechanical energy is used to create and repeatedly regenerate free flying liquid structures that facilitate the intimate interaction and equilibration of said phases beyond standard practice and thereby allow smaller, more compact, more efficient, and more accessible apparatus and make practical lower operating temperatures and the use of inert carrier gases and otherwise increase the engineering options available to designers of rectification equipment and other equipment requiring liquid/vapor equilibration.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1997Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Inventors: Kern Savage, Richard C. Wingerson, William Lee Woodie, John L. Wyatt, deceased, by Diana Jacobs, legal representative, by Melody Balport, legal representative, by Mark Wyatt, legal representative