Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Broughton

Timothy A. Broughton 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).

  • Methods and system for filling a suppressant container
    Patent number: 11045673
    Abstract: Systems and methods for filling and pressurizing a container with liquid suppressant and nitrogen gas. A pressurized receiving container of nitrogen gas is provided at a predetermined gas pressure and liquid suppressant is added to the pressurized receiving container. The predetermined gas pressure provides a sufficient amount of nitrogen to saturate the added liquid suppressant and provide an operative head space pressure within the receiving container without the need for mechanized mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: Tyco Building Services Products Limited, Macron Safety Systems (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Broughton, Alan Elder, John Walls
  • METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR FILLING A SUPPRESSANT CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20200047012
    Abstract: Systems and methods for filling and pressurizing a container with liquid suppressant and nitrogen gas. A pressurized receiving container of nitrogen gas is provided at a predetermined gas pressure and liquid suppressant is added to the pressurized receiving container. The predetermined gas pressure provides a sufficient amount of nitrogen to saturate the added liquid suppressant and provide an operative head space pressure within the receiving container without the need for mechanized mixing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicants: Tyco Building Services Products Limited, Maccron Safety Systems (UK) Limited
    Inventors: Timothy BROUGHTON, Alan ELDER, John WALLS
  • METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR FILLING A SUPPRESSANT CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20200038699
    Abstract: Systems and methods for filling and pressurizing a container with liquid suppressant and nitrogen gas. A pressurized receiving container of nitrogen gas is initially provided at a transformative pressure and liquid suppressant is subsequently added to the pressurized receiving container. The transformative gas pressure provides a sufficient amount of nitrogen to saturate the added liquid suppressant and provide an operative head space pressure within the receiving container without the need for mechanized mixing of the nitrogen and liquid suppressant solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy Broughton, Alan Elder, John Walls
  • Nestable, stackable portable toilet and method of assembling same
    Patent number: 9765542
    Abstract: A portable toilet is disclosed that has a base and a housing with the base and the housing being configured to be stored and transported to a site as a stack of bases and a stack of housings. The toilet is assembled by telescopically installed one of the housings onto a base where the upwardly extending walls of the base are received within the walls of the housing and where the housing is preferably snap locked to the base. The housing may be disassembled from its base by deflecting one of the housing walls outwardly. A method of storing, transporting and assembling such a portable toilet is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventor: Timothy A. Broughton