Patents by Inventor Thomas N. Deane

Thomas N. Deane 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).

  • Water purification system
    Patent number: 4198294
    Abstract: Waste water is reclaimed for re-use by emulsifying with a water insoluble (or oil soluble), high molecular weight, anionic surface active oil, then breaking the emulsion by physical or chemical methods, thereby producing a coherent floc which occludes insoluble matter suspended in the water, then separating the floc from the purified water in a coherent mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1980
    Assignee: The Redux Corporation, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas N. Deane
  • Waste water purification system
    Patent number: 4092242
    Abstract: Waste water containing synthetic detergents (syndets) such as water soluble sulfonates or ethoxylated alcohols is reclaimed for re-use by emulsifying with a water insoluble, high molecular weight, anionic surface active oil, then breaking the emulsion by conventional physical or chemical methods, thereby producing a coherent floc which occludes the syndet and all insoluble matter suspended in the water, then separating the floc from the purified water in a coherent mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: The Redux Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas N. Deane
  • Sewage system with reusable flush medium
    Patent number: 3974528
    Abstract: A sewage system in which the transport medium or flush medium is a liquid having a specific gravity less than that of water. The flush medium after transporting sewage waste to a tank or the like thereafter separates from the sewage and floats on top of it becoming available for reuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1976
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Claunch, Thomas N. Deane, Patrick D. M. Rogan, Carl M. Powe, Mark Werner