Patents by Inventor William Lipscomb Merritt

William Lipscomb Merritt 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).

  • Vapor chamber for drying
    Patent number: 3931684
    Abstract: A curing chamber has entry and exit ports for passing articles to be cured therethrough. Air curtains are provided at the inlet and exit ports. Communicating means connect the air curtains to a source for maintaining a pressure equilibrium at the air curtains. Means from outside the air curtains supply a controlled heated moist vapor for providing predetermined moisture to the air curtains to thereby reduce the escape of volatile gases within the curing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1976
    Assignee: J. J. Baker Company Limited
    Inventors: James O'Hara Turnbull, William Lipscomb Merritt, Ivan Patrick McLaughlin