Patents by Inventor Thomas Llloyd Yount

Thomas Llloyd Yount 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).

  • Reactor with optimized internal tray design
    Patent number: 7683143
    Abstract: A system for processing large quantities of a reaction medium while maintaining the reaction medium in sheets. The system includes a reactor having a plurality of vertically-spaced downwardly-sloped trays over which the reaction medium flows while it is subjected to reaction conditions. The slope of the trays increases downwardly to accommodate for the increased viscosity of the reaction medium while the reaction medium flows downwardly through the reactor. An upper portion of the trays have a uni-directional configuration, while a lower portion of the trays have a bi-directional configuration. Further, the orientation of flow across the uni-directional trays is rotated by 90 degrees in at least one location as the reaction medium flows down the uni-directional trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thomas Llloyd Yount, Larry Cate Windes, Bruce Roger DeBruin
  • Reactor With Optimized Internal Tray Design
    Publication number: 20090111967
    Abstract: A system for processing large quantities of a reaction medium while maintaining the reaction medium in sheets. The system includes a reactor having a plurality of vertically-spaced downwardly-sloped trays over which the reaction medium flows while it is subjected to reaction conditions. The slope of the trays increases downwardly to accommodate for the increased viscosity of the reaction medium while the reaction medium flows downwardly through the reactor. An upper portion of the trays have a uni-directional configuration, while a lower portion of the trays have a bi-directional configuration. Further, the orientation of flow across the uni-directional trays is rotated by 90 degrees in at least one location as the reaction medium flows down the uni-directional trays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Llloyd Yount, Larry Cate Windes, Bruce Roger DeBruin