Patents by Inventor Zinovy Zalman Plavnik

Zinovy Zalman Plavnik 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).

  • Indirect acoustic drying system and method
    Patent number: 10488108
    Abstract: Disclosed is an acoustic head for indirectly drying a material, the acoustic head including at least one ultrasonic transducer facing the material, the material having a first side, and a second side, the second side opposite the first side, the second side defining a surface to be dried, the ultrasonic transducer positioned facing the first side; and an air delivery unit positioned facing the first side of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Heat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zinovy Zalman Plavnik, Glenn Johnson Emory, Aliaksandr Hrynchuk, Jason Lye, Richard Terrell Sisk, Leonid Anatolyevich Volozhanin
  • Acoustic-assisted heat and mass transfer device
    Patent number: 10139162
    Abstract: An acoustic energy-transfer system includes: an acoustic chest arranged circumferentially around a container configured to receive a material to be processed; and an ultrasonic transducer arranged circumferentially inside the acoustic chest, the ultrasonic transducer defining an acoustic slot extending through the ultrasonic transducer, the acoustic slot angled with respect to a central axis of the acoustic chest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Heat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zinovy Zalman Plavnik, Jason Lye
  • Acoustic-Assisted Heat and Mass Transfer Device
    Publication number: 20170219284
    Abstract: An acoustic energy-transfer system includes: an acoustic chest arranged circumferentially around a container configured to receive a material to be processed; and an ultrasonic transducer arranged circumferentially inside the acoustic chest, the ultrasonic transducer defining an acoustic slot extending through the ultrasonic transducer, the acoustic slot angled with respect to a central axis of the acoustic chest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Zinovy Zalman Plavnik, Jason Lye
  • Acoustic-assisted heat and mass transfer device
    Patent number: 9671166
    Abstract: An acoustic energy-transfer apparatus including: an acoustic chest, the acoustic chest defining an inner chamber sized to receive a material to be processed; and an acoustic device positioned within the acoustic chest and oriented to direct acoustic energy towards the material to be processed. A method for drying a material, the method including: positioning a material in an acoustic chest including an acoustic device; and directing acoustically energized air from the acoustic device at the material within the acoustic chest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Heat Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zinovy Zalman Plavnik, Jason Lye
  • ACOUSTIC-ASSISTED HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160025411
    Abstract: An acoustic energy-transfer apparatus including: an acoustic chest, the acoustic chest defining an inner chamber sized to receive a material to be processed; and an acoustic device positioned within the acoustic chest and oriented to direct acoustic energy towards the material to be processed. A method for drying a material, the method including: positioning a material in an acoustic chest including an acoustic device; and directing acoustically energized air from the acoustic device at the material within the acoustic chest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Zinovy Zalman Plavnik, Jason Lye
  • INDIRECT ACOUSTIC DRYING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160003541
    Abstract: Disclosed is an acoustic head for indirectly drying a material, the acoustic head including at least one ultrasonic transducer facing the material, the material having a first side, and a second side, the second side opposite the first side, the second side defining a surface to be dried, the ultrasonic transducer positioned facing the first side; and an air delivery unit positioned facing the first side of the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Zinovy Zalman Plavnik, Glenn Johnson Emory, Aliaksandr Hrynchuk, Jason Lye, Richard Terrell Sisk, Leonid Anatolyevich Volozhanin