Patents by Inventor William R. Adams

William R. Adams 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).

  • Gravity settling process
    Patent number: 4196080
    Abstract: A gravity settler comprised of a housing which encloses a plurality of conically shaped hollow members arranged in vertically spaced horizontally disposed layers, each of such layers containing a plurality of the conical members, with adjacent layers defining therebetween separate gravity settling compartments. Each of the compartments includes a feed inlet(s), overflow outlets for withdrawing clarified liquid and underflow outlets for withdrawing liquid containing solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Assignee: The Lummus Company
    Inventors: Andre A. Simone, Dennis F. Ogren, William R. Adams, Harold B. Kohn
  • Photopolymerizable compositions containing a keto dioxolane as the photosensitizer
    Patent number: 4037021
    Abstract: Ethylenically unsaturated monomeric esters in the presence of keto-dioxolane compounds are photocured upon exposure to a source of radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: William R. Adams
  • Keto dioxolanes
    Patent number: 3944509
    Abstract: Ethylenically unsaturated monomeric esters in the presence of keto-dioxolane compounds are polymerized upon exposure to a source of radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1973
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1976
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: William R. Adams