Patents

US 10793778 B2: Cooler for carbon-based feedstock processing system

Granted
2020-10-06
Filed
2018-12-05 application 16210835
Type
Utility · 13 claims
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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 (ipg201006.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION, INC. 5 patentsUS company or organizationFairfield, TXClean Energy Technology Association, Inc. Form D issuer EXACT high confidence: identical full name and statePVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Roy W. HillFairfield, TX6PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Jerry Scott LongFairfield, TX6PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Tracy ThompsonFairfield, TX9PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
C10BDestructive distillation of carbonaceous materials for production of gas, coke, tar, or similar materialsC10B39/02PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
F27DDetails or accessories of furnaces, kilns, ovens or retorts, in so far as they are of kinds occurring in more than one kind of furnaceF27D15/02PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
F28DHeat-exchange apparatus, not provided for in another subclass, in which the heat-exchange media do not come into direct contactF28D7/12PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
F28FDetails of heat-exchange and heat-transfer apparatus, of general applicationF28F1/36PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2019-01-08Assignment
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, TX47928/726ECORSEXC, 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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