Patents by Inventor Robert L. Wiley, III

Robert L. Wiley, III 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).

  • DUAL PARALLEL LATERAL WITH INTERNAL AIR DISTRIBUTION PIPE
    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