Patents by Inventor Vernon J. Miller, Sr.

Vernon J. Miller, Sr. 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).

  • Method of and apparatus for recovering and reusing organic pickling vapors
    Patent number: 4899798
    Abstract: Method of and apparatus for continuously reducing oxides which form on the surface of copper bar and rod during casting including means for collecting cleaning mixture vapors; means for raising the temperature and pressure of the collected vapor; means for lowering the temperature of the collected vapor below the temperature at which the vapor will condense without lowering the system pressure; and means for separating condensed cleaning mixture from uncondensed vapor as the uncondensed vapor is being conveyed to a furnace or other means for oxidizing residual vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Southwire Company
    Inventors: Ronald R. Martin, Vernon J. Miller, Sr.