Patents by Inventor Robert G. Auger

Robert G. Auger 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 and apparatus for achieving balanced flow on multipass distillation trays
    Patent number: 4995946
    Abstract: A multipass distillation or other column having substantially horizontal trays is constructed to equilibrate the liquid to vapor ratio on both sides of a downcomer, each side having the same area but a different shape, by adjusting the clearances under each side of said downcomer until the ratio of liquid passing to a first side to liquid passing to the other side is the same as the ratio of vapor passing to said first side as vapor passing to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: Aristech Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Robert G. Auger
  • Process for producing a synthetic rutile from ilmentite
    Patent number: 4097574
    Abstract: Synthetic rutile is made from ilmenite by pre-oxidizing it, reducing it in a fluid bed, thereafter aeration leaching it, optionally acid leaching, and drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: United States Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert G. Auger, Edward F. Restelli, Jr.