Patents by Inventor Schuyler S. Smith

Schuyler S. Smith 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).

  • METHODS OF OPERATING A FILTERING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170151521
    Abstract: Methods for operating a device for filtering a gas stream, having a vessel partitioned into a first stage and a second stage, with an opening between stages. A filter element is positioned in the opening, with ends of the filter element extending into the first and second stages. The first member is removable from the second member while the filter element is positioned in the opening, to allow for replacement with a new clean member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: ALAN L. CLARKE, SCHUYLER S. SMITH, STEVEN G. TOLLEFSON
  • Sealing arrangement for apparatus for filtering, and methods, and products for filtering
    Patent number: 9566543
    Abstract: A device for filtering a gas stream, having a vessel partitioned into a first stage and a second stage, with an opening between stages. A filter element is positioned in the opening, with ends of the filter element extending into the first and second stages. The first member is removable from the second member while the filter element is positioned in the opening, to allow for replacement with a new clean member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: JONELL FILTRATION GROUP
    Inventors: Alan L. Clarke, Schuyler S Smith, Steven G. Tollefson
  • SEALING ARRANGEMENT FOR APPARATUS FOR FILTERING, AND METHODS, AND PRODUCTS FOR FILTERING
    Publication number: 20130055693
    Abstract: A device for filtering a gas stream, having a vessel partitioned into a first stage and a second stage, with an opening between stages. A filter element is positioned in the opening, with ends of the filter element extending into the first and second stages. The first member is removable from the second member while the filter element is positioned in the opening, to allow for replacement with a new clean member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: ALAN L. CLARKE, Schuyler S. Smith, Steven G. Tollefson