Patents by Inventor Robert L. Wiley

Robert L. Wiley 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: 10532359
    Abstract: A circulating bath (10) including a heater (18) configured to heat a fluid (34) in a reservoir (22). The heater (18) is configured to be operatively connected to a source of power (50) by a control circuit (39) operatively coupled to the heater (18). First and second fluid level sensors (14) (16) are operatively coupled to the control circuit (39), and provide signals indicative of a low fluid condition in the reservoir (22). The control circuit (39) is configured to receive the signals from the fluid level sensors (14) (16), and disconnect the heater (18) from the source of power (50) in response to receiving a signal from either of the first and second fluid level sensors (14), (16) indicative of a low fluid condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Thermo Neslab LLC
    Inventors: Don A. Enos, Robert L. Wiley, John L. Parker
  • Publication number: 20150014259
    Abstract: A dual parallel underdrain lateral for use in a filtration system having a filtration media includes a primary conduit extending along the underdrain lateral, which has a plurality of metering orifices for providing gas and liquid thereby; a secondary conduit, where the secondary conduit has a plurality of dispersion apertures in an upper side thereof to deliver the gas and liquid from the secondary conduit to the filtration media; and at least one gas conduit extending along the underdrain lateral, where the at least one gas conduit is connected to a gas source and is configured to provide the gas from the gas source directly to the primary conduit, or the secondary conduit, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher J. Ball, Robert L. Wiley, III, John L. Geibel, Randon L. Callen, Brian J. Bates, Ivan X. Zhu
  • Patent number: D246275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1977
    Assignee: SiLITE, Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert L. Wiley