Patents by Inventor Spencer W. Hess

Spencer W. Hess 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).

  • Publication number: 20230248875
    Abstract: A system and method reduce a concentration of viable microorganisms, including but not limited to the 2019 novel (new) coronavirus that causes the illness coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in air in a workspace by over 80% with a single pass of air through the system. A heater heats air drawn from the workspace and a desiccant dehumidifier further heats air from the heater. The heater and desiccant dehumidifier decontaminate the air to kill or inactivate the microorganisms so that air returned to the workspace from the system has a reduced concentration of viable microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Spencer W. HESS
  • Patent number: 8361206
    Abstract: Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of heated air vented from an on-site electric generator to be drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Inventor: Spencer W. Hess
  • Publication number: 20120125199
    Abstract: Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of heated air vented from an on-site electric generator to be drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventor: Spencer W. Hess
  • Patent number: 7789937
    Abstract: Ice-clad machinery and equipment in very cold environments are made more easily recoverable by enclosing the machinery and equipment in an environmentally contained area and introducing desiccant dehumidified air into the contained area to lower the vapor pressure in fostering a “sublimation” process conversion from the solid state of the ice to a gaseous state which can be exhausted without first going through any intermediate liquid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Inventor: Spencer W. Hess
  • Publication number: 20090078114
    Abstract: Ice-clad machinery and equipment in very cold environments are made more easily recoverable by enclosing the machinery and equipment in an environmentally contained area and introducing desiccant dehumidified air into the contained area to lower the vapor pressure in fostering a “sublimation” process conversion from the solid state of the ice to a gaseous state which can be exhausted without first going through any intermediate liquid state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventor: Spencer W. Hess
  • Patent number: 7284387
    Abstract: Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with portions of the air drawn through the dessicant in both directional air flow paths being used to heat the water-damaged building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Spencer W. Hess
  • Patent number: 7284385
    Abstract: Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with a portion of the dehumidified air being diverted to join with the ambient air in increasing the liberation of the moisture within the dessicant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Spencer W. Hess
  • Patent number: 7284383
    Abstract: Rotating wheel dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with the rotating wheel dessicant being turned by a grip notch belt stretched onto the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Spencer W. Hess
  • Patent number: 7284384
    Abstract: Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel and powered by a pair of separately fused electrical circuits, one of which powers a first blower drawing ambient air from outside the building over the heat exchanger and through a dessicant in a first direction, and the other of which powers a second blower drawing moisturized air from within the building through the dessicant in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Spencer W. Hess
  • Patent number: 7284386
    Abstract: Dessicants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel, with the dessicants, the dehumidifying apparatus and the diesel fuel all being carried on a trailer, with the diesel fuel inside under a skid and with its own portable electric panels with ground fault interrupters aboard in bringing its own electric power to the scene of the water-damaged building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Inventor: Spencer W. Hess
  • Patent number: 7022167
    Abstract: A raised ring encircling a duct at an output port of a desiccant dehumidifier housing prevents its flexible hose from blowing off the duct even when clamped, as dried air blowing pressures through the duct increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Inventor: Spencer W. Hess
  • Patent number: 6652628
    Abstract: Desiccants employed in dehumidifying moisturized air present within a water-damaged building are themselves dehumidified to liberate collected moisture through the use of ambient air drawn over and about a heat exchanger fired by diesel fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventor: Spencer W. Hess