Patents by Inventor William A. Compton

William A. Compton 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).

  • Apparatus for removing contaminants from heated gases
    Patent number: 4600414
    Abstract: Methods of and apparatus for removing contaminants from heated gases by impact separation. The contaminants are collected by adhering them to a moving surface, and they are thereafter removed from that surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Arthur G. Metcalfe, James C. Napier, William A. Compton
  • Methods of removing contaminants from heated gases
    Patent number: 4568365
    Abstract: Methods of and apparatus for removing contaminants from heated gases by impact separation. The contaminants are collected by adhering them to a moving surface, and they are thereafter removed from that surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Arthur G. Metcalfe, James C. Napier, William A. Compton
  • Radiation pyrometers
    Patent number: 4118985
    Abstract: Temperature measuring apparatus of the photometric type having a fiber optics device for conducting radiation to a signal producing detector. Provision is made for a purging fluid at the opposite end of the fiber optics device to keep foreign matter from accumulating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: International Harvester Company
    Inventor: William A. Compton
  • Radiation pyrometers with purging fluid
    Patent number: 4037473
    Abstract: Temperature measuring apparatus of the photometric type having a fiber optics device for conducting radiation to a signal producing detector. Provision is made for a purging fluid at the opposite end of the fiber optics device to keep foreign matter from accumulating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Assignee: International Harvester Company
    Inventors: William A. Compton, Thomas E. Duffy, Manfred I. Seegall
  • Low emission burners and control systems therefor
    Patent number: 4008039
    Abstract: A burner for Rankine cycle engines which includes a combustor of the rotating atomizer type and a control system therefor which keeps the ratio of fuel and air supplied to the combustor at an optimum over a wide range of operation to maximize efficiency and minimize the emission of pollutants from the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Assignee: International Harvester Company
    Inventors: William A. Compton, Thomas E. Duffy, Richard T. LeCren, Jack R. Shekleton