Patents
US 10174257 B2: Cooler for carbon-based feedstock processing system
- Granted
- 2019-01-08
- Filed
- 2015-01-22 application 14602824
- Type
- Utility · 1 claim
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A cooler for cooling product pursuant to a distillation process, including a first substantially enclosed housing with an inlet proximate a first end for receiving product from a distillation unit, and an outlet proximate a second end for discharging cooled product, and a first auger substantially enclosed within the housing for driving the product from the inlet to the outlet, the auger having a helical blade circumscribing a perforated central hollow shaft for transmitting cooled gas into the housing to help cool product within the housing.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg190108.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION, INC. 5 patents | US company or organization | Houston, TX | Clean Energy Technology Association, Inc. Form D issuer EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy W. Hill | Fairfield, TX | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jerry Scott Long | Fairfield, TX | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Tracy Thompson | Fairfield, TX | 9 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| C10B | Destructive distillation of carbonaceous materials for production of gas, coke, tar, or similar materials | C10B39/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F27D | Details or accessories of furnaces, kilns, ovens or retorts, in so far as they are of kinds occurring in more than one kind of furnace | F27D15/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F28D | Heat-exchange apparatus, not provided for in another subclass, in which the heat-exchange media do not come into direct contact | F28D7/12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F28F | Details of heat-exchange and heat-transfer apparatus, of general application | F28F1/36 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-01-28 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HILL, ROY W. signed 2015-01-23 LONG, JERRY SCOTT signed 2015-01-23 THOMPSON, TRACY signed 2015-01-23 | CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION, INC. FAIRFIELD, TX | 34832/529 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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