Patents by Inventor Robert G. McKinney

Robert G. McKinney 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: 6659143
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recovering vapor during the dispensing of gasoline via a hose into a vehicle tank, according to which a turbine disposed in a vapor passage and is activated in response to the dispensing of the gasoline for drawing the vapor from the tank and into the vapor passage. Blades on the turbine separate the air from the gasoline vapor. The vapor is returned to the liquid stream and the air discharged to atmosphere. The apparatus therefore does not require vapor return piping to the underground tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Dresser, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken W. Taylor, Robert G. McKinney
  • Publication number: 20030221745
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recovering vapor during the dispensing of gasoline via a hose into a vehicle tank, according to which a turbine disposed in a vapor passage and is activated in response to the dispensing of the gasoline for drawing the vapor from the tank and into the vapor passage. Blades on the turbine separate the air from the gasoline vapor. The vapor is returned to the liquid stream and the air discharged to atmosphere. The apparatus therefore does not require vapor return piping to the underground tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Dresser, Inc.
    Inventors: Ken W. Taylor, Robert G. McKinney
  • Patent number: 6478849
    Abstract: A vapor recovery system for a fuel storage tank. The system includes a pair of VOC adsorbent canisters that alternately recover VOC vapors from the fuel tank ullage or are regenerated. Regeneration of the VOC adsorbent canisters is provided by exhausting the VOC vapors from the VOC canisters using a vacuum pump and back into the fuel tank ullage. When the operating pressure of the fuel tank ullage is elevated, an auxiliary VOC adsorbent canister is operated in parallel with the pair of canisters in order to recover the increased amount of VOC vapors in the tank ullage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignees: Dresser, Inc., Nitrotec Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Ken W. Taylor, Robert G. McKinney, Herbert E. Reinhold