Patents by Inventor Robert G. Slebodnick

Robert G. Slebodnick 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).

  • Deaerating feedwater heater
    Patent number: 3938588
    Abstract: A feedwater heater has a condensate inlet, and a flow distributor cooperatively associated with the condensate inlet, a plurality of U-shaped tubes forming a tube bundle, a vent condenser portion enclosing a portion of the cold leg of the tube bundle and a trough centrally disposed within the tube bundle to provide deaeration of the condensate. The trough has its lengthwise opening in fluid communication with the cold leg portion of the tube bundle and one end thereof in fluid communication with the vent condenser for channeling the non-condensibles to the vent condenser where they are vented from the feedwater heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1973
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Roland L. Coit, Robert G. Slebodnick