Patents by Inventor Stephen David Peacock

Stephen David Peacock 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).

  • Continuous vacuum pan and internal insulation arrangement thereof
    Patent number: 8277562
    Abstract: This invention relates to a continuous vacuum pan (also sometimes referred to as an evaporative crystallizer) for use in the sugar processing industry, and to a heat exchanger used inside the continuous vacuum pan. The invention also relaters to the heat exchanger as used in other applications in the sugar processing industry. The heat exchanger includes a massecuite flow path for conveying massecuite therethrough, and a heat transfer medium flow path for receiving a heat transfer medium to enable heat transfer to the massecuite flow path. The heat exchanger is characterized therein that a periphery thereof is surrounded by an insulated zone in order to prevent heat transfer from the heat transfer medium flow path to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Tongaat Hulett Limited
    Inventors: David John Love, Leon Smith, Paul Martin Schorn, Stephen David Peacock, Warren David
  • CONTINUOUS VACUUM PAN AND INTERNAL INSULATION ARRANGEMENT THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110220100
    Abstract: This invention relates to a continuous vacuum pan (also sometimes referred to as an evaporative crystallizer) for use in the sugar processing industry, and to a heat exchanger used inside the continuous vacuum pan. The invention also relaters to the heat exchanger as used in other applications in the sugar processing industry. The heat exchanger includes a massecuite flow path for conveying massecuite therethrough, and a heat transfer medium flow path for receiving a heat transfer medium to enable heat transfer to the massecuite flow path. The heat exchanger is characterized therein that a periphery thereof is surrounded by an insulated zone in order to prevent heat transfer from the heat transfer medium flow path to the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Tongaat Hulett Limited
    Inventors: David John Love, Leon Smith, Paul Martin Schorn, Stephen David Peacock, Warren David