Patents by Inventor Tom Schuler

Tom Schuler 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: 10781140
    Abstract: The invention encompasses equipment used to condition a recirculating gas stream in order to cure a CO2 Composite Material (CCM) and processes that use such equipment to cure the CCM. The gas conditioning equipment allows for a process that controls, reduces or eliminates the rate-limiting steps associated with water removal during the curing of a composite material. The equipment may include, but will not be limited to, control over the temperature, relative humidity, flow rate, pressure, and carbon dioxide concentration within the system; which includes the conditioning equipment, any vessel containing the CCM, and the material itself. Flow rate control can be used as a means to achieve uniformity in both gas velocity and composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SOLIDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Devin Patten, Vahit Atakan, Daniel Castoro, Deepak Ravikumar, John Kuppler, Steven Jensen, Mark Scantlebury, Kenneth Michael Smith, Jorge Mora, Emanuel Rojas, Tom Schuler, Alan Blacklock
  • Patent number: 10124279
    Abstract: A screen intake system has a body with an open end and a chamber. A flat screen is disposed at the open end of the body. To keep the screen clear of debris, an airburst system has pipes disposed in the chamber. The pipes dispose parallel to one another adjacent the flat screen, and each of the pipes has orifices in a side facing the flat screen. Directors are disposed along the backs of the pipes in a lattice, and each of the directors has a channel in which the pipe disposes. Compressed air released by valves from a tank dispersed from the pipe's orifices. Each of the directors directs the resulting water/airburst from the orifices toward the adjacent flat screen to clear it of debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Aqseptence Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Schuler, Michael Ekholm
  • Publication number: 20150336852
    Abstract: The invention encompasses equipment used to condition a recirculating gas stream in order to cure a CO2 Composite Material (CCM) and processes that use such equipment to cure the CCM. The gas conditioning equipment allows for a process that controls, reduces or eliminates the rate-limiting steps associated with water removal during the curing of a composite material. The equipment may include, but will not be limited to, control over the temperature, relative humidity, flow rate, pressure, and carbon dioxide concentration within the system; which includes the conditioning equipment, any vessel containing the CCM, and the material itself. Flow rate control can be used as a means to achieve uniformity in both gas velocity and composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Devin Patten, Vahit Atakan, Daniel Castoro, Deepak Ravikumar, John Kuppler, Steven Jensen, Mark Scantlebury, Kenneth Michael Smith, Jorge Mora, Emanuel Rojas, Tom Schuler, Alan Blacklock
  • Publication number: 20150306527
    Abstract: A screen intake system has a body with an open end and a chamber. A flat screen is disposed at the open end of the body. To keep the screen clear of debris, an airburst system has pipes disposed in the chamber. The pipes dispose parallel to one another adjacent the flat screen, and each of the pipes has orifices in a side facing the flat screen. Directors are disposed along the backs of the pipes in a lattice, and each of the directors has a channel in which the pipe disposes. Compressed air released by valves from a tank dispersed from the pipe's orifices. Each of the directors directs the resulting water/airburst from the orifices toward the adjacent flat screen to clear it of debris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Tom Schuler, Michael Ekholm
  • Patent number: 9108127
    Abstract: A screen intake system has a body with an open end and a chamber. A flat screen is disposed at the open end of the body. To keep the screen clear of debris, an airburst system has pipes disposed in the chamber. The pipes dispose parallel to one another adjacent the flat screen, and each of the pipes has orifices in a side facing the flat screen. Directors are disposed along the backs of the pipes in a lattice, and each of the directors has a channel in which the pipe disposes. Compressed air released by valves from a tank dispersed from the pipe's orifices. Each of the directors directs the resulting water/airburst from the orifices toward the adjacent flat screen to clear it of debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Bilfinger Water Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Schuler, Michael Ekholm
  • Publication number: 20140047664
    Abstract: A screen intake system has a body with an open end and a chamber. A flat screen is disposed at the open end of the body. To keep the screen clear of debris, an airburst system has pipes disposed in the chamber. The pipes dispose parallel to one another adjacent the flat screen, and each of the pipes has orifices in a side facing the flat screen. Directors are disposed along the backs of the pipes in a lattice, and each of the directors has a channel in which the pipe disposes. Compressed air released by valves from a tank dispersed from the pipe's orifices. Each of the directors directs the resulting water/airburst from the orifices toward the adjacent flat screen to clear it of debris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Bilfinger Water Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Schuler, Michael Ekholm
  • Patent number: 8505154
    Abstract: A screen intake system has a body with an open end and a chamber. A flat screen is disposed at the open end of the body. To keep the screen clear of debris, an airburst system has pipes disposed in the chamber. The pipes dispose parallel to one another adjacent the flat screen, and each of the pipes has orifices in a side facing the flat screen. Directors are disposed along the backs of the pipes in a lattice, and each of the directors has a channel in which the pipe disposes. Compressed air released by valves from a tank dispersed from the pipe's orifices. Each of the directors directs the resulting water/airburst from the orifices toward the adjacent flat screen to clear it of debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Bilfinger Water Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Schuler, Michael Ekholm
  • Publication number: 20130061421
    Abstract: A screen intake system has a body with an open end and a chamber. A flat screen is disposed at the open end of the body. To keep the screen clear of debris, an airburst system has pipes disposed in the chamber. The pipes dispose parallel to one another adjacent the flat screen, and each of the pipes has orifices in a side facing the flat screen. Directors are disposed along the backs of the pipes in a lattice, and each of the directors has a channel in which the pipe disposes. Compressed air released by valves from a tank dispersed from the pipe's orifices. Each of the directors directs the resulting water/airburst from the orifices toward the adjacent flat screen to clear it of debris.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: JOHNSON SCREENS, INC.
    Inventors: Tom Schuler, Michael Ekholm