Patents by Inventor Stephen Michel

Stephen Michel 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).

  • Patent number: 6758945
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for quenching the coke drum vapor line from a coke drum to the main fractionator in a coker unit whereby the volume of quench liquid prevents the drum vapor line from plugging with carbon-based deposits. A differential pressure control technique is utilized to quench the drum vapors being delivered to the fractionator as opposed to a temperature, delta temperature, uninsulated vapor line, or fixed flow rate control as used in the prior art. Vapor line quench control by differential pressure prevents over-quenching of the vapor line during a coke drum switch, unit startup, or slowdown as well as under-quenching during drum warm-ups. It improves the fractionator recovery time from a drum switch and overall liquid product yield during the drum cycle which can be produced by over-quenching. It also prevents the vapor line from drying out at anytime, an under-quenched condition, as long as the quench oil quality and conditions do not vary significantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Stephen Michel Haik
  • Patent number: 4493881
    Abstract: An electrophotographic method is disclosed for forming a black (or neutral) toner separation image and a color toner separation image from a single original without cross-contamination of black toner in the color separation image and vice versa. The method entails composing an original containing "false-color" information--other than black or neutral--corresponding to the black separation image desired and color information corresponding to the color separation image desired. The false-color and color information are selected to absorb actinic light in mutually exclusive wavelength regions of the spectrum. When the original is illuminated, for example, with light having wavelengths in the false-color absorption region only, a light pattern is formed and employed to expose a charged photoreceptor. The resulting electrostatic image is developed with black--or neutral--toner, thereby forming the black separation image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1985
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John D. Mitchell, Stephen Michel
  • Patent number: 4018606
    Abstract: A class of organic pigments having the formula ##STR1## wherein X consists of the atoms necessary to complete a naphthalene, anthracene, or ##STR2## ring; R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 are hydrogen, halogen, alkoxy, NO.sub.2, alkyl, SO.sub.3 H or alkali metal salts thereof, ##STR3## and COOH or alkali metal salts thereof, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 can comprise the atoms necessary to complete a phenyl, naphthyl or anthryl ring; and R is selected from the group consisting of ##STR4## where M is alkyl, alkali or alkaline earth metal are useful as sensitizers for photoconductive compositions in electrophotographic processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Lawrence E. Contois, Joseph Y. Kaukeinen, Stephen Michel, Thomas M. Plutchak