Ronald K Riley

US Patent:

56768265, Oct 14, 1997

Filed:

Apr 19, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/425074

Inventors:

Gordon J. Rossiter - Lakeland FL
Ronald J. Riley - Tampa FL

Assignee:

Advanced Separation Technologies Incorporated - Lakeland FL

International Classification:

B01D 1502

US Classification:

210 91

Abstract:

An apparatus for continuous fluid-solid contacting includes a plurality of chambers on a rotating carousel, each chamber having a supply conduit and a discharge conduit, and a single valve for controlling a supply and discharge of fluid to the chambers. The valve includes a stationary annular disk having a plurality of conduits and a lower planar surface forming a disk valve face, and a rotatable annular plate having an upper planar surface forming a plate valve face and a plurality of holes forming ports in the plate valve face. The plate is supported in pressurized contact with the disk valve. The frame supporting the chambers and the annular plate are rotated by separate devices. To ensure that the valve ports remain in rotational correspondence with the rotating chamber frame, the invention includes optical control for synchronizing the rotation of the frame and the rotation of the annular plate.

Address:

10317 Paddington Ct, Ellicott City, MD 21042

Phone:

(410)4613190

VIN:

1ZVFT80N975247748

Make:

FORD

Model:

MUSTANG

Year:

2007