Patents by Inventor Robert E. Drullinger

Robert E. Drullinger 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).

  • Heat pipe oven molecular beam source
    Patent number: 4789779
    Abstract: A recirculating oven molecular beam source of unitary construction compri a shaped porous wicking oven substrate nearly saturated with the working material and having a cavity with source and collimating regions formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce
    Inventor: Robert E. Drullinger
  • Heat pipe oven molecular beam source
    Patent number: 4558218
    Abstract: A heat pipe oven molecular beam source wherein a hollow porous metal, metalloid or ceramic body with at least one opening is nearly saturated with the working material and heated to just above the melting point of the working material, generating a thin liquid layer of the working material on the internal surface of the body. Material passing the length of the bore of the body without striking a wall will escape and form the beam. Material striking the liquid layer covering the inside of the body will condense and be conveyed by capillary action back to the closed end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Commerce
    Inventor: Robert E. Drullinger