Patents by Inventor Samuel Hewitt

Samuel Hewitt 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).

  • Patent number: 9051187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an agglomerated product containing alumina which is useful as a component to be incorporated into a synthetic slag as used in steel making. The product is formed from powdered aluminium dross which is formed with water into pellets or briquettes and wherein the components of the pellets or briquettes are allowed to react at elevated pressure to release ammonia. The pellets or briquettes may then be calcined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Bumatech (PTY) Limited
    Inventor: Samuel Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20120297926
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an agglomerated product containing alumina which is useful as a component to be incorporated into a synthetic slag as used in steel making. The product is formed from powdered aluminium dross which is formed with water into pellets or briquettes and wherein the components of the pellets or briquettes are allowed to react at elevated pressure to release ammonia. The pellets or briquettes may then be calcined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: BUMATECH (PTY) LIMITED
    Inventor: Samuel Hewitt
  • Patent number: 5668085
    Abstract: Aqueous concentrates containing glyphosate herbicide which on dilution give spray solutions having higher herbicidal unit activity than prior art solutions comprise:(a) solubilized glyphosate equivalent to at least 40 grams per liter of glyphosate acid;(b) a surfactant which is (i) an amine having the formula ##STR1## where R represents a straight- or branched-chain alkyl or alkenyl group having from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms, A represents an alkylene group, for example an ethylene or propylene group, and n and n' are integers such that n+n' has a value of from about 2 to about 8, (ii) a mixture of such amines having different groups R, the average number of carbon atoms in the groups R being from about 8 to about 22, or (iii) a mixture of such amines having different values of n and n', n and n' being integers such that in the mixture the average value of n+n' is from about 2 to about 8, R having a single value or an average value as in a mixture (ii);and optionally (c) an agriculturally acceptable in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: James Carnegie Forbes, Michel Maurice Henriet, Samuel Hewitt, Robert William Mitchell