Patents by Inventor William D. Hoff

William D. Hoff 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).

  • Publication number: 20110011795
    Abstract: A centrifuge, comprising an upright shaft, defining an axis, a fluid centrifuging chamber rotatable about the shaft axis, first porting extending endwise in the shaft and opening laterally to said chamber, to deliver fluid to be centrifuged, to the chamber, a structure in the chamber and into which contaminate in the fluid is centrifuged for separation from the fluid, during chamber high speed rotation, a rotor supporting the chamber for rotation about the axis, the rotor rotating with the chamber, there being at least one fluid outlet to jet fluid discharged from the rotor, and passage structure for delivering fluid that has been jetted via the fluid outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: William D. Hoff
  • Publication number: 20110011789
    Abstract: An individual component assembly for filtering fluid, comprising, in combination a centrifuge device operable to filter said fluid, stand structure mounting the centrifuge device, to be directly accessible, at least one fluid filter connected in operating flow passing series with the centrifuge, and openly and accessibly carried by the stand structure, pumping means associated with the stand structure for pumping fluid to flow through said fluid filter and then through the centrifuge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: William D. Hoff
  • Patent number: 6294091
    Abstract: A centrifuge, comprising in combination a motor driven shaft, a fluid centrifuging chamber carried by the shaft, to rotate therewith, first porting extending endwise in the shaft and opening to said chamber, to deliver fluid to be centrifuged to the chamber, a matrix in the chamber and into which contaminate in the fluid is centrifuged for compaction and separation from the fluid, during chamber high speed rotation, second porting extending endwise in the shaft and communicating with the chamber, to receive fluid from which contaminate has been separated, fluid delivering inlet structure communicating with said first porting, and fluid outlet structure communicating with the second porting. The shaft and centrifuging chamber are assembled via a flange on the shaft that closes the end of the centrifuging chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Alpha Omega Centrifuge Inc.
    Inventor: William D. Hoff