Patents by Inventor Wilmer Lee Briggs

Wilmer Lee Briggs 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).

  • Process for removing contaminants from hydrocarbon obtained from recycled materials
    Patent number: 8197675
    Abstract: A process for removing a contaminant from a hydrocarbon containing a first quantity of the at least one contaminant, including contacting the hydrocarbon with a clay packed in a column, at least a portion of the contaminant bing sorbed by the clay and forming a clay-contaminant adduct; removing the hydrocarbon from the column, the removed hydrocarbon having a second, reduced quantity of the at least one contaminant; heating the clay and the clay-contaminant adduct in the column to regenerate the clay material, the heating being carried out without removing the clay from the column; and re-using the regenerated clay material in further iterations of the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Inventor: Wilmer Lee Briggs
  • PROCESS FOR REMOVING CONTAMINANTS FROM HYDROCARBON OBTAINED FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20090227825
    Abstract: A process for removing a contaminant from a hydrocarbon containing a first quantity of the at least one contaminant, including contacting the hydrocarbon with a clay packed in a column, at least a portion of the contaminant bing sorbed by the clay and forming a clay-contaminant adduct; removing the hydrocarbon from the column, the removed hydrocarbon having a second, reduced quantity of the at least one contaminant; heating the clay and the clay-contaminant adduct in the column to regenerate the clay material, the heating being carried out without removing the clay from the column; and re-using the regenerated clay material in further iterations of the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventor: Wilmer Lee Briggs