Patents by Inventor Roderick Jay Baker

Roderick Jay Baker 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).

  • Axially movable sector plate support for rotary regenerative heat exchanger
    Patent number: 4040475
    Abstract: Rotary regenerative heat exchange apparatus having a rotor of heat absorbent material that is alternately exposed to hot and cold fluids in order that heat from the hot fluid may be transferred to the cold fluid through the intermediary of the heat absorbent material. The rotor is surrounded by a housing including sector plates that cooperate with a rotor post seal at opposite ends of the rotor to separate the several fluids. A unique support for the sector plate and the rotor post seal is adapted to move axially while permitting radial expansion effected by thermal variations of the rotor to provide an optimum sealing arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: The Air Preheater Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Franklin Stockman, Roderick Jay Baker