Patents by Inventor Roy Douglas Flores

Roy Douglas Flores 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).

  • Horizontal trayed reactor
    Patent number: 7829653
    Abstract: A horizontal trayed reactor operable to facilitate a chemical reaction in a reaction medium flowing therethrough. The reactor can include a plurality of vertically spaced trays disposed within the horizontally elongated vessel shell. The reaction medium can flow in generally opposite directions on vertically adjacent trays so that the reaction medium flows generally back-and-forth through the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thomas Lloyd Yount, Bruce Roger DeBruin, Larry Cates Windes, Roy Douglas Flores, Alan Wayne White, Steven Paul Bellner
  • HORIZONTAL TRAYED REACTOR
    Publication number: 20090018280
    Abstract: A horizontal trayed reactor operable to facilitate a chemical reaction in a reaction medium flowing therethrough. The reactor can include a plurality of vertically spaced trays disposed within the horizontally elongated vessel shell. The reaction medium can flow in generally opposite directions on vertically adjacent trays so that the reaction medium flows generally back-and-forth through the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Lloyd Yount, Bruce Roger DeBruin, Larry Cates Windes, Roy Douglas Flores, Alan Wayne White