Patents by Inventor William R. Hocking

William R. Hocking 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).

  • Adjustable flow vectoring splitter
    Patent number: 6811358
    Abstract: A material feed apparatus 34 for influencing the travel properties of a feed stream of material 42 moving between a pulverizer 14 and a furnace 12 includes a feed path 36 passing through an upstream passage periphery UPZ. The feed path 36 includes one duct 44A having a branch entry 66A and another branch duct 44C having a branch entry 66C both downstream of the upstream passage periphery UPZ through which the feed stream of the material 42 travels in two segregated portions. A Y-axis drive assembly 58 and the X-axis drive assembly 62 move the nozzle 52 relative to the reference axis RA, whereupon the upstream passage periphery UPZ moves relative to the reference axis RA such that the travel properties of the one portion of material in the one branch duct 44A are different than its travel properties before the movement of the upstream passage periphery UPZ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Wesley P. Bauver, Brian P. DeMarey, William R. Hocking, Xavier R. Ollat
  • Adjustable flow vectoring splitter
    Publication number: 20030161694
    Abstract: A material feed apparatus 34 for influencing the travel properties of a feed stream of material 42 moving between a pulverizer 14 and a furnace 12 includes a feed path 36 passing through an upstream passage periphery UPZ. The feed path 36 includes one duct 44A having a branch entry 66A and another branch duct 44C having a branch entry 66C both downstream of the upstream passage periphery UPZ through which the feed stream of the material 42 travels in two segregated portions. A Y-axis drive assembly 58 and the X-axis drive assembly 62 move the nozzle 52 relative to the reference axis RA, whereupon the upstream passage periphery UPZ moves relative to the reference axis RA such that the travel properties of the one portion of material in the one branch duct 44A are different than its travel properties before the movement of the upstream passage periphery UPZ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Wesley P. Bauver, Brian P. DeMarey, William R. Hocking, Xavier R. Ollat