Patents by Inventor William P. Prueter

William P. Prueter 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).

  • Combination downflow-upflow vapor-liquid separator
    Patent number: 4648890
    Abstract: An improved vapor-liquid separator having a vertically disposed conduit for flow of a mixture. A first, second and third plurality of curved arms penetrate and extend within the conduit. A cylindrical member is radially spaced from the conduit forming an annulus therewith and having perforations and a retaining lip at its upper end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: John H. Kidwell, William P. Prueter, Andrew M. Eaton
  • Stacked re-entrant arm vapor-liquid separator
    Patent number: 4289514
    Abstract: An improved centrifugal separator for vapor-liquid mixtures having a vertical upflow conduit closed at the top end and open at the bottom end. A plurality of curved arms similar in shape to a truncated torus of rectangular cross-section penetrate and extend within the conduit at its upper portion. A second plurality of curved arms are located immediately below the upper group and are contiguous thereto. The vertical upflow conduit has a lesser internal diameter in the lower portion, interconnected with a greater internal diameter portion in the upper portion by a frusto-conical section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: Hudson R. Carter, John H. Kidwell, William P. Prueter