Patents by Inventor Russell C. Wright

Russell C. Wright 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).

  • Energy dissipating inlet for clarifier feedwells
    Patent number: 6800209
    Abstract: An inlet structure for dissipating the energy of the influent to a feedwell of a clarifier. The inlet structure has a cylindrical wall centered in the clarifier and closed at the bottom. Ports in the wall are each equipped with a baffle that includes a fixed center vane aligned with the port, a pair of hinged gates on the sides of the center vane, and a bottom baffle underlying the port and the center vane and gates. The gates can be adjusted to control the size and velocity of influent streams that are directed in opposite tangential directions from each port into impingement with streams from adjacent ports for dissipation of the influent energy in the feedwell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: WesTech Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Russell C. Wright
  • Energy dissipating inlet for clarifier feedwells
    Publication number: 20040020847
    Abstract: An inlet structure for dissipating the energy of the influent to a feedwell of a clarifier. The inlet structure has a cylindrical wall centered in the clarifier and closed at the bottom. Ports in the wall are each equipped with a baffle that includes a fixed center vane aligned with the port, a pair of hinged gates on the sides of the center vane, and a bottom baffle underlying the port and the center vane and gates. The gates can be adjusted to control the size and velocity of influent streams that are directed in opposite tangential directions from each port into impingement with streams from adjacent ports for dissipation of the influent energy in the feedwell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventor: Russell C. Wright