Patents by Inventor Satish S. Nair

Satish S. Nair 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).

  • Capsule train separation system for fluid capsule pipeline transporation
    Patent number: 6068428
    Abstract: Apparatus for spacing consecutive capsules of solid material traveling as a capsule train in a pipeline in which the capsules are carried by a fluid flowing through the pipeline includes a separation system interposed between upstream and downstream portions of the pipeline for receiving the train of capsules. The separation system passes consecutively separated capsules within the capsule train to the downstream portion. The separation system is constructed for increasing the spacing between consecutive capsules within the capsule train in the downstream portion of the pipeline after passing through the separation system. The volume of fluid flowing from an outlet location of the separation system is substantially the same as the volume of fluid flowing into an inlet location of the separation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Satish S. Nair, Hongliu Du