Patents by Inventor Robert A. Falconer

Robert A. Falconer 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).

  • Method for the segmented mining and drying of bentonite
    Patent number: 4254565
    Abstract: A method for drying, curing and mining bentonite clay in a clay pit wherein that overburden of non-clay material which may exist is removed and the surface of the bentonite ore body is tilled to loosen or break up a tier of the bentonite to expose it to the natural drying and curing effects of the atmosphere, the dried and cured tier of bentonite is removed thus exposing another tier of uncured bentonite, which is again tilled for drying and curing, and the process is repeated until the bentonite ore body is exhausted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1981
    Assignee: International Minerals & Chemical Corp.
    Inventors: Jerold D. Jenkins, Robert A. Falconer, Donald A. Hentz