Patents by Inventor Richard D. McKibben

Richard D. McKibben 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).

  • Patent number: 5938820
    Abstract: A gas cleaning apparatus is disclosed which comprises a housing having an inlet adjacent a bottom portion thereof and an outlet adjacent a top portion thereof. The housing preferably has at least one radially-extending vane disposed along a longitudinal axis of the housing. A settling tank is fluidly connected at a top portion thereof to the base of the housing, at least one outlet fluidly connected to a waste treatment apparatus, and at least one outlet fluidly connected to the housing between the inlet and the outlet of the housing. The waste treatment apparatus preferably has at least one outlet fluidly connected to the housing between the inlet and the outlet of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: CMI-Schneible Company
    Inventors: Rodney W. Peters, Dallas V. Bicknell, Richard D. McKibben, Daniel D. Minor
  • Patent number: 5385233
    Abstract: A portable container 10 for containing liquids has a circular top wall portion 12, a circular exterior bottom wall portion 14, and a cylindrical side wall portion 16 extending vertically between the top wall portion 12 and exterior bottom wall portion 14. The container 10 includes a plurality of forklift tubes 18 attached to the exterior bottom wall portion 14 for receiving the forks 20 of a forklift vehicle 22. The side wall portion 16 has a drain opening 24 and a valve 26 disposed therein for draining the liquids from the container. The container 10 is characterized by an interior false bottom portion 30 abutting the side wall portion 16 and sloping downwardly toward the drain opening 24 for causing complete drainage of the liquids contained within the container 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: CMI International, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. McKibben, Patrick M. McGraw, Charles Simpson, Kenneth D. McKibben, Daniel D. Minor