Anthony N Collins

US Patent:

20120055858, Mar 8, 2012

Filed:

Sep 8, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/877514

Inventors:

Anthony Collins - Pompano Beach FL, US

International Classification:

B01D 35/30
B01D 35/16

US Classification:

210121, 210409, 210410

Abstract:

A wastewater tertiary media filtration system capable of enhancing filtration performance while including backwashing capabilities that eliminate turbidity spikes by using compressed fluid injected to the interior of submerged filter disks is disclosed. A tertiary wastewater treatment apparatus including a filter tank having an inlet and an outlet with a plurality of pile cloth media filter disks disposed in generally parallel relation between the inlet and outlet. Each filter disk preferably includes opposing filter panels disposed in generally parallel spaced relation and supported by a frame. Each filter panel preferably includes a quantity of pile cloth, or other suitable filtration media, sandwiched between opposing mesh panels. The filter disks may be angularly disposed at approximately 55-degrees relative to horizontal so as to maximize settlement velocity in accordance with the advantages of inclined plate technology. During the filtering process, influent flows into the tank and passes through the pile cloth, or other filter media, on opposing sides of each filter disk while depositing suspended solids on the filter media. The filtered effluent flows out from the outlet of each filter disk for discharge or other suitable use. Backwashing is primarily accomplished by injecting compressed fluid (such as air) to the interior of each filter disk assembly whereby accumulated solids are blown off of the cloth filter media by reverse flow. Injecting a compressed fluid medium into the interior of each filter disk assembly increases the internal pressure within each filter disk thereby avoiding turbidity spikes associated with externally applied suction backwash systems of the background art.

US Patent:

20130139930, Jun 6, 2013

Filed:

Jun 11, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/493980

Inventors:

Vadym Drozd - Miami FL, US
Sameerkumar Vasantlal Patel - Raleigh NC, US
Anthony Collins - Sims NC, US
William George - Spartanburg SC, US

Assignee:

LATITUDE 18, INC. - Marco Island FL

International Classification:

C23C 22/62

US Classification:

148263, 148253, 148320, 148 22

Abstract:

This disclosure relates to method phosphating an iron surface susceptible to corrosion, the method comprising contacting an iron surface with an aqueous mixture of an acidic phosphate component, a basic component, and at least one silicate; and forming a passivation zone chemically bound to the iron surface of one or more iron ions corresponding to the iron surface, the acidic phosphate component, the basic component, and at least one corrosion inhibitor precursor.

US Patent:

20160319436, Nov 3, 2016

Filed:

May 4, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/146551

Inventors:

- Sims NC, US
Vadym Drozd - Miami FL, US
Sameerkumar Vasantlal Patel - Raleigh NC, US
Anthony Collins - Sims NC, US

International Classification:

C23C 22/62
B32B 15/04

Abstract:

This disclosure relates to method phosphating an iron surface susceptible to corrosion, the method comprising contacting an iron surface with an aqueous mixture of an acidic phosphate component, a basic component, and at least one silicate; and forming a passivation zone chemically bound to the iron surface of one or more iron ions corresponding to the iron surface, the acidic phosphate component, the basic component, and at least one corrosion inhibitor precursor.