Robert Andrew Austin

US Patent:

41177258, Oct 3, 1978

Filed:

Mar 11, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/665956

Inventors:

Robert R. Austin - Pasadena CA
A. M. D. Moen - Covina CA

Assignee:

International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

G01N 122

US Classification:

734215R

Abstract:

A system for sampling flue gases for a Klaus process controller by periodically capturing flue gas in a sample chamber with one side closed and the other side open, closing the other side, and only thereafter exposing the other side to a carrier fluid having a constant rate of flow. The carrier fluid and flue gas thus mix and are subsequently scrubbed and fed to the balance of the controller apparatus. The sample chamber is opened and closed by metal bellows operated valves selectively provided with positive and negative (vacuum) interior pressures in a certain sequence.

US Patent:

40249913, May 24, 1977

Filed:

Nov 28, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/636065

Inventors:

George Noblit Tyson - LaVerne CA
Robert Roy Austin - Pasadena CA

International Classification:

B67D 300

US Classification:

222189

Abstract:

An imparter to impart silver to a water system wherein air is drawn into a receiver container when water is withdrawn from the receiver container into a storage container. The water is withdrawn from the receiver container through an opening that is disposed below the level of water in the receiver container and its lower end is beneath a maximum water elevation in the storage container and above some lower elevation therein. The imparter is placed in the opening. It has a dimension of thickness defined by a pair of end walls which partially define a cavity in the imparter body. There are perforations in both of the end walls to permit water to flow through the cavity and thereby through a bed of silver imparting material inside the cavity. This material has the inherent property of transferring silver into the water as a consequence of contact therewith. Air vent means extends from end wall to end wall of the body to admit air to the receiver container along an entry path separate from a discharge path that goes through the cavity.

US Patent:

40403424, Aug 9, 1977

Filed:

Oct 14, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/622141

Inventors:

Robert Roy Austin - Pasadena CA
George Noblit Tyson - LaVerne CA

International Classification:

A23F 100
A23F 300
B01J 702

US Classification:

993231

Abstract:

Apparatus for the generation of carbon dioxide by the reaction of an edible acid and a carbon dioxide-releasing substance in aqueous solution. The gas is generated in a generator chamber and is injected into water contained in an absorber tank to carbonate the water and also to provide pressure for expulsion of the carbonated water from the apparatus.

US Patent:

43757642, Mar 8, 1983

Filed:

May 11, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/262500

Inventors:

Victor N. Lawford - Pasadena CA
Robert R. Austin - Pasadena CA

Assignee:

ITT - New York NY

International Classification:

G01F 2316

US Classification:

73301

Abstract:

A liquid level system employs a pair of vertically spaced sensors in a tank such as a boiler. Each sensor includes a pair of bellows. The first bellows is enclosed by a protective enclosure while the second bellows is exposed to the interior of the tank. The first bellows of the two sensors are interconnected and filled with a liquid forming substance, such as an alkali metal, which is in liquid phase at high temperatures, while the second bellows of each sensor and the enclosure for the first bellows are interconnected and filled with a second liquid-forming substance, such as a metal alloy, which is essentially inert. A transducer is connected to one of the second bellows which produces an electrical output signal proportional to the difference between the pressures at the locations of the second bellows and, thus, the level of liquid in the tank.

US Patent:

43376541, Jul 6, 1982

Filed:

Sep 2, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/183419

Inventors:

Robert R. Austin - Pasadena CA
Ernst R. Ginkel - San Dimas CA

Assignee:

International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

G01K 1704

US Classification:

73190CV

Abstract:

Gross calorific content available from natural gas combustion determined from proportionality to molar oxygen demand in an apparatus including: provision for supplying gas and air at fixed, standard volumetric rates such that oxygen is present in excess; a combustion chamber employing swirled mixture introduction to effect complete gas burning; an oxygen sensor to detect deviation of combustion product oxygen content from an optimum setpoint value; an electrolytic hydrogen (oxygen) generator, the output of which adds to the gas and air mixture prior to combustion; and electronic control circuitry to maintain setpoint through regulation of an electrolysis current. Said current, or its control signal, also serves as a direct electronic meter of the generated species. Thus, through calibration, a measure of oxygen demand and calorific value is provided.

US Patent:

46497366, Mar 17, 1987

Filed:

Nov 4, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/795026

Inventors:

Robert R. Austin - Pasadena CA

Assignee:

ITT Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

G01N 2714

US Classification:

73 29

Abstract:

A moisture monitoring system for continuous flow gas lines, the system having an electrical heater with a salt impregnated sleeve thereabout, with noble metal contacts positioned on the sleeve excited by the AC output of a solid state oscillator and varying in resistance according to water vapor concentration in the gas surrounding the element, with a direct current control signal derived from the AC current to control the direct current to the heating element. A temperature responsive resistor in thermal relation with the heater provides an indication of the moisture content.