Patents by Inventor Tim Epps

Tim Epps 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).

  • Patent number: 4476695
    Abstract: An apparatus using refrigeration for separating gases which liquify and separate at reduced temperatures from natural gas which remains gaseous at such reduced temperatures having a 1st inlet for delivering the gas to be separated into a pre-cool transfer vessel for transferring the heat from the gases to be separated as they are passed therethrough, a 1st outlet connected to the pre-cool transfer tube for discharging the gases to be separated; a 2nd inlet for delivering gases at reduced temperatures; a flow way container connected to the 2nd inlet for receiving gases at reduced temperatures and positioned about the pre-cooled transfer vessel for the gases at reduced temperatures to be in non-contacting conductive relationship for the transfer of heat from the gases to be separated in the pre-cool transfer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Inventor: Tim Epps