Patents by Inventor William E. Earle

William E. Earle 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: 4018565
    Abstract: An automatic titration system and method in which the titrant is generated electrolytically and a two-position slider type ceramic sample valve, reliably, accurately and repetitively obtains a volumetric sample from a process loop and introduces it to a titration cell containing a generator or working compartment and an auxiliary compartment separated by a porous frit. The system also includes a two-position slider type ceramic reagent valve for introducing reagent into the titration cell. Titrant created at a generator electrode surface is dispersed into the bulk of the solution by a magnetically coupled impeller in the working compartment which mixes and also pumps the contents of the cell through the reagent and sample valves in a closed loop. Generator and auxiliary electrodes are connected to a current source which provides the electrolysis current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: The Foxboro Company
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Fletcher, III, William E. Earle, Jay M. Weiner