Patents by Inventor Ronald D. Horn

Ronald D. Horn 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).

  • Method for accelerated remediation of manure-contaminated material
    Patent number: 6764848
    Abstract: A method of accelerated remediation or bioremediation of contaminated material such as manure-contaminated material is provided comprising generating a treated contaminated material entraining air stream at a velocity sufficient for entraining the contaminated material therein. The contaminated material is entrained in the air stream and is then microenfractionated to form a microenfractionated contaminated material. Finally, the microenfractionated contaminated material is treated with a least one chemical amendment and/or one biological amendment thereby facilitating the accelerated remediation or bioremediation. The chemical amendment can comprise either a chemical oxidizing agent, a chelating agent, or a metallic reducing agent. The preferred metallic reducing agents are zero valent iron, zero valent zinc, zero valent tin, zero valent manganese and zero valent aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: H&H Eco Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Dean Horn, Ronald D. Horn, Bradley S. Glaze, Kenneth R. Warner, Roy Calvin Stout
  • Method for remediating manure-contaminated material and for producing an enriched fertilizer therefrom
    Publication number: 20020182710
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method is hereby provided for remediating manure-contaminated material. The method of the present invention comprises providing a mass of manure-contaminated material including in situ-formed bacteria and nitrogen-containing materials. The mass of manure-contaminated material is acidified to a pH of not more than about 7.0 without (a) destroying a substantial portion of said active bacteria, and/or (b) without liberating a substantial portion of said nitrogen-containing materials. Then, the acidified manure-contaminated material is particularized, preferably microenfractionated, as hereinafter described. The particularized, acidified manure-contaminated material is treated with at least one chemical amendment, such as with at least one nutrient, to form a treated particularized manure-contaminated material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Terry Dean Horn, Ronald D. Horn, Bradley S. Glaze, Kenneth R. Warner, Roy Calvin Stout
  • Method for accelerated bioremediation and method of using an apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 5593888
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of using an apparatus is provided for the accelerated bioremediation of treated contaminated material. The material is treated with chemical and/or biological amendments for facilitating accelerated bioremediation thereof. The apparatus comprises a system for for generating a treated contaminated material entraining air stream at a predetermined velocity for entraining the treated contaminate material therein for microenfractionating the treated contaminated material. In this way, accelerated bioremediation is facilitated. In another form of the invention, a method of accelerated bioremediation of treated contaminated material is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: H&H Eco Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley S. Glaze, Kenneth R. Warner, Terry D. Horn, Ronald D. Horn