Patents by Inventor William B. Brod

William B. Brod 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 for treating resin in a purge vessel
    Patent number: 4758654
    Abstract: A method for removing unpolymerized gaseous monomers from a solid olefin polymer in a single purge vessel while deactivating Ziegler-Natta catalysts and organometallic catalyst residues present in said solid olefin polymer by utilizing a two diameter purge vessel wherein hydrolysis of the catalysts are effected in the portion of the reactor having the smaller diameter with the gaseous monomers being removed in the larger diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: William B. Brod, Billy J. Garner
  • Integral reactor apparatus
    Patent number: 4557904
    Abstract: Integral apparatus is disclosed for fluidized bed reaction systems wherein one or more of the following system component elements are positioned in a unitary reactor body: cooler means, compressor means and fluid recycle conduit means. Such cooler means also serve as gas distributor means acting to support the fluidized bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: William B. Brod, George H. Coppala, Delbert L. Olds