Patents by Inventor Thomas Messer

Thomas Messer 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).

  • Suppression of the formation of noxious substances during chloride processes
    Patent number: 7153488
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the suppression of the formation noxious compounds such as furans. According to the present invention, a venturi device is used to rapidly quench a chlorinator reaction gas. The rapid quench minimizes the resonance time that furan precursors are at conditions conducive to furan formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Messer, Peter Carter
  • Suppression of the formation of noxious substances during chloride processes
    Publication number: 20060039845
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the suppression of the formation noxious compounds such as furans. According to the present invention, a venturi device is used to rapidly quench a chlorinator reaction gas. The rapid quench minimizes the resonance time that furan precursors are at conditions conducive to furan formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc,
    Inventors: Thomas Messer, Peter Carter
  • Process for the production of elemental material and alloys
    Patent number: 6955703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of an elemental material, comprising the step of reacting a halide of the elemental material with a reducing agent in solid form in a fluidized bed reactor at a reaction temperature which is below the melting temperature of the reducing agent. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the elemental material is titanium and the titanium is produced in powder form. The invention also relates to the production of alloys or intermetallics of the elemental materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ling Zhou, Frederick E. L. Schneider, Jr., Robert J. Daniels, Thomas Messer, Jon Philip R. Peeling
  • Method of making elemental materials and alloys
    Patent number: 6902601
    Abstract: A method of producing an elemental material or an alloy thereof from a halide or mixtures of halides is provided. The halide or mixtures thereof are contacted with a reducing gas in the presence of reductant material, preferably in sufficient quantity to convert the halide to the elemental material or alloy and to maintain the temperature of the reactants at a temperature lower than the boiling point of the reductant material at atmospheric pressure or the sintering temperature of the produced elemental material or alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason X. Nie, Robert Daniels, Dale H. Perkins-Banks, Thomas Messer
  • Process for the production of elemental material and alloys
    Publication number: 20040261573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of an elemental material, comprising the step of reacting a halide of the elemental material with a reducing agent in solid form in a fluidized bed reactor at a reaction temperature which is below the melting temperature of the reducing agent. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the elemental material is titanium and the titanium is produced in powder form. The invention also relates to the production of alloys or intermetallics of the elemental materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Millenium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ling Zhou, Frederick E. L. Schneider, Robert J. Daniels, Thomas Messer, Jon Philip R. Peeling
  • Process for the production of elemental material and alloys
    Publication number: 20040123700
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of an elemental material, comprising the step of reacting a halide of the elemental material with a reducing agent in solid form in a fluidized bed reactor at a reaction temperature which is below the melting temperature of the reducing agent. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the elemental material is titanium and the titanium is produced in powder form. The invention also relates to the production of alloys or intermetallics of the elemental materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Ling Zhou, Frederick E. L. Schneider, Robert J. Daniels, Thomas Messer, Jon Philip R. Peeling
  • TiO2 compounds obtained from a high silica content ore
    Patent number: 6713038
    Abstract: A titanium dioxide compound was isolated from a rare type of naturally occurring ore. Processes for efficiently isolating and obtaining these TiO2 compounds, as well as methods for using them have been developed. These TiO2 compounds may be used directly in applications such as paper, plastics and paints without being subjected to the chloride or sulfate processes. Also they made be used as a feedstock for the chloride or sulfate processes. In order to obtain these TiO2 compounds, one may grind or pulverize the naturally occurring ore, disperse it in a solution or suspension, and process it by selective flocculation or aqueous biphasic extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Millenium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ling Zhou, Thomas Messer, Fu-Chu Wen, Mark Banash
  • Method of making elemental materials and alloys
    Publication number: 20040050208
    Abstract: A method of producing an elemental material or an alloy thereof from a halide or mixtures of halides is provided. The halide or mixtures thereof are contacted with a reducing gas in the presence of reductant material, preferably in sufficient quantity to convert the halide to the elemental material or alloy and to maintain the temperature of the reactants at a temperature lower than the boiling point of the reductant material at atmospheric pressure or the sintering temperature of the produced elemental material or alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason X. Nie, Robert J. Daniels, Dale H. Perkins-Banks, Thomas Messer
  • TiO2 compounds obtained from a high silica content ore
    Publication number: 20020000138
    Abstract: A titanium dioxide compound was isolated from a rare type of naturally occurring ore. Processes for efficiently isolating and obtaining these TiO2 compounds, as well as methods for using them have been developed. These TiO2 compounds may be used directly in applications such as paper, plastics and paints without being subjected to the chloride or sulfate processes. Also they made be used as a feedstock for the chloride or sulfate processes. In order to obtain these TiO2 compounds, one may grind or pulverize the naturally occurring ore, disperse it in a solution or suspension, and process it by selective flocculation or aqueous biphasic extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Ling Zhou, Thomas Messer, Fu-Chu Wen, Mark Banash