Patents by Inventor Shyam Kannan

Shyam Kannan 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).

  • Collector hood for sedimentation tank
    Patent number: 5718824
    Abstract: An improved collector hood for a sedimentation tank. The collector hood is disposed within the tank and separates the tank into an upper reaction compartment and a lower settling compartment. The collector hood has the shape of an inverted funnel including a tubular upper portion connected to an outlet in the sidewall of the upper reaction compartment and a downwardly diverging conical wall lower portion, the periphery of which engages the sidewall of the tank for separating the tank into the upper reaction compartment and the lower settling compartment. A plurality of downcomer pipes are arranged around the axis of the collector hood and depend from the downwardly diverging conical wall into the lower settling compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Crane Co.
    Inventors: Shyam Kannan, Raghavachari Kannan