Patents by Inventor Thomas Joseph English

Thomas Joseph English 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 fluid bed reactor
    Patent number: 7722722
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an apparatus and method for continuous fluidization which comprises at least two cells connected by an aperture permitting the solid material to be introduced into the next downstream cell by fluidized horizontal flow, an isolated freeboard within each cell, at least two filter sticks contained within the isolated freeboard of each cell, and at least one blow back valve contained within each filter stick. The apparatus allows processing of materials that are typically difficult to fluidize by maintaining a substantially constant pressure difference between each isolated freeboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Brunob II B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph English, Athanassios Souvaliotis, Manish B. Shah
  • Continuous Fluid Bed Reactor
    Publication number: 20090126721
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an apparatus and method for continuous fluidization which comprises at least two cells connected by an aperture permitting the solid material to be introduced into the next downstream cell by fluidized horizontal flow, an isolated freeboard within each cell, at least two filter sticks contained within the isolated freeboard of each cell, and at least one blow back valve contained within each filter stick. The apparatus allows processing of materials that are typically difficult to fluidize by maintaining a substantially constant pressure difference between each isolated freeboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph English, Athanassios Souvaliotis, Manish B. Shah