Patents by Inventor Robert E. Beltz

Robert E. Beltz 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).

  • Splash bar apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7559541
    Abstract: A heat exchange splash bar for evaporative cooling. The splash bar includes a first serrated base along with a second serrated base. The splash bar additionally includes a first side wall connected to the first serrated base that extends at an angle away from the first serrated base, that includes a plurality of apertures disposed thereon. A second side wall is connected to the second serrated base that also extends at an angle away from the second serrated base. The second side wall additionally includes a plurality of apertures disposed thereon. The heat exchange splash bar additionally includes a top wall that extends between the first side wall and the second side wall, wherein said top wall includes a plurality of openings having fingers extending therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Beltz, Ohler L. Kinney, Jr., Kathryn L. Pullen, Jason Stratman, Glenn S. Brenneke, Larry F. Burdick, Eldon F. Mockry
  • Splash bar apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20080073801
    Abstract: A heat exchange splash bar for evaporative cooling. The splash bar includes a first serrated base along with a second serrated base. The splash bar additionally includes a first side wall connected to the first serrated base that extends at an angle away from the first serrated base, that includes a plurality of apertures disposed thereon. A second side wall is connected to the second serrated base that also extends at an angle away from the second serrated base. The second side wall additionally includes a plurality of apertures disposed thereon. The heat exchange splash bar additionally includes a top wall that extends between the first side wall and the second side wall, wherein said top wall includes a plurality of openings having fingers extending therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Robert E. Beltz, Ohler L. Kinney, Kathryn L. Pullen, Jason Stratman, Glenn S. Brenneke, Larry F. Burdick, Eldon F. Mockry
  • Sound attenuation apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20040060769
    Abstract: A cooling tower sound attenuation apparatus having at least one sheet. The sheet has an upper and lower end and a first substantially straight region and a second region that is connected to the first substantially straight region. The apparatus additionally has a liquid collection basin along with a support structure that supports the sheet such that the lower end of the sheet is proximate to the liquid collection basin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Marley Cooling Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory P. Hentschel, Robert E. Beltz, Jidong Yang, Eldon F. Mockry