Patents by Inventor Robert V. Collins

Robert V. Collins 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).

  • Precipitator with weighted release wire
    Patent number: 4473383
    Abstract: A precipitator comprising a multiplicity of vertical wires suspended from their top ends and having weights connected to their bottom ends, and means responsive to the weight reduction when a wire fails to release the top ends of the wire to provide for removal of the entire portion of the wire above the wire failure point from the precipitator by gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1984
    Assignee: The Detroit Edison Company
    Inventors: Ralph G. Bonser, Mitchell D. Charneski, Robert V. Collins