Patents by Inventor Sidney H. Melton

Sidney H. Melton 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).

  • Furnace for oil refineries and petrochemical plants
    Patent number: 4986222
    Abstract: An economical, efficient, compact furnace is provided with horizontal radiant furnace tubes that extend along all the walls of the furnace for uniform heat distribution and load. The furnace is particularly useful in oil refineries and petrochemical plants. The furnace also has a special pattern of burners for safer, more effective heat transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Frank W. Pickell, John Z. Varesic, M. Shannon Melton, Sidney H. Melton
  • Method of providing a refractory covering to a furnace wall
    Patent number: 4835831
    Abstract: A method of providing on a surface of a furnace a refractory covering including the steps of affixing to the surface of the furnace a fiber blanket layer formed such as mineral wool, fiber glass and ceramic fibers and then spraying on the blanket layer either pneumatically or hydraulically, a castable refractory, the fiber blanket absorbing the kinetic energy of the castable refractory causing an increased proportion of the sprayed material to adhere thereto, and permitting the refractory to harden into a continuous refractory covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Inventor: Sidney H. Melton