Patents by Inventor Stephen P. Simms

Stephen P. Simms 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).

  • Apparatus and process for the controlled reduction of organic material via microwave radiation
    Patent number: 9649613
    Abstract: A controllable, continuous-feed system and process for the reduction or depolymerization of organic materials using microwave energy in a reducing, substantially oxygen-reduced atmosphere. The microwave energy is generated by a plurality of magnetrons in a microwave tunnel. Gaseous products may be extracted from the microwave tunnel for recycling and/or analysis. A collector such as a liquid trap may be used to separately collect floating and sinking constituents of the solid products while preventing the escape of the reducing atmosphere from the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Environmental Waste International, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven L. Kantor, Stephen P. Simms
  • APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR THE CONTROLLED REDUCTION OF ORGANIC MATERIAL VIA MICROWAVE RADIATION
    Publication number: 20140161680
    Abstract: A controllable, continuous-feed system and process for the reduction or depolymerization of organic materials using microwave energy in a reducing, substantially oxygen-reduced atmosphere. The microwave energy is generated by a plurality of magnetrons in a microwave tunnel. Gaseous products may be extracted from the microwave tunnel for recycling and/or analysis. A collector such as a liquid trap may be used to separately collect floating and sinking constituents of the solid products while preventing the escape of the reducing atmosphere from the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Steven L. Kantor, Stephen P. Simms