Albert L. George
Engineering in Lafayette, LA

4824579, Apr 25, 1989

Apr 20, 1987

7/039974

Albert L. George - Lafayette LA

C02F 124, C02F 140

210703

A primary separation vessel is separated into a plurality of chambers having fluid communication therethrough; in each of the chambers there is further included a downwardly depending eductor system having a coaxial bore wherein fluid induces air into the eductor system where the educted air in the fluid being projected downward into the flow of fluid and the bubbles rising along the curved wall of the tank and carrying contaminants through a centrally located collection trough, which through gravity the contaminants collect in the trough and move to a circulation collected in the trough. The contaminants then move via gravity to a separation zone within the vessel, wherein the oil that is collected is allowed to spill over in an oil collection zone for recovery, and the level of the water is monitored to draw off any water collected within the zone. There is further provided means within the vessel for allowing the initial introduction of fluid through the vessel to release a certain quantity of the oil within the initial fluid, so that a portion of the oil entrained in the fluid is removed from the fluid as it enters the vessel. Of the fluid flowing through the vessel as it undergoes cleaning through the gas eduction system, a portion is recycled back through the vessel to be educted into the flow of fluid, a portion is used to create two phase fluid flow, and a portion is recovered exterior to the vessel.

3986954, Oct 19, 1976

May 19, 1975

5/578424

Albert L. George - Lafayette LA
Jerry C. Manning - Lafayette LA

Al George, Inc.

B03D 124

210 44

A method and apparatus for clarifying liquids contaminated with suspended materials that do not readily separate by gravity, is disclosed. A flowing stream of the contaminated liquid is initially passed to a mixing zone at a predetermined flow velocity and intimately mixed with a gas stream to form a multiphase liquid-contaminant-gas stream. The flow velocity of the multiphase stream is then alternately increased and decreased with substantially simultaneous decrease and increase of pressure to ultimately disperse and dissolve the gas stream throughout the liquid and contaminant phases of the stream. The multiphase stream is next dispersed into a novelty designed flotation tank means having a U-shaped quiescent vessel of increased volume flow area maintained at a reduced pressure whereby the dissolved gas is caused to break out of solution in the form of finely dispersed gravity density reducing microscopic bubbles which, along with the dispersed gas bubbles in the stream, attach to themselves and the suspended contaminants thereby increasing the specific gravity differential between the contaminants and liquid. The stream is caused to pass through the quiescent vessel at a gradually reducing flow velocity with diminishing gentle turbulence so as to allow the contaminants and liquid to separate by gravity, the contaminants forming a contaminant layer floating on the surface of the liquid. The contaminant layer is then separated from the liquid.

4944108, Jul 31, 1990

Jul 21, 1988

7/222718

Albert L. George - Lafayette LA
Don Gooch - Erath LA

Crawfish Technology of South Carolina, Inc. - Columbia SC

A01K 8104

43 65

A primary vessel, such as a flotable float or the like, having a crustacean retrieving means attached to the forward end of the vessel, with the vessel being motor driven, the motor driving a plurality of dasic wheels to maintain the vessel above the water, and allowing it to move on the bottom of the pond. The retrieving means includes a first primary roller positioned substantially the distance of the width of the vessel and moving along the bottom of the pond for distrubing the crustaceans as the vessel moves forward. There is provided the primary conveyor wall directly to the rear of the primary roller wherein the crustaceans moving over the roller are deposited on the conveyor which transports the crustacean upward into a first receiving bin in the vessel. The primary conveyor includes a puralilty of spaced apart shelf members along its width so that the crustaceans will be lodged against the shelf member and will be deposited into the receiving bin as the conveyor belt circulates. In the upper most end of the conveyor belt, there is provided a grass catching means, which includes a surface wherein the grass is lodged thereupon, and deposited back into the pond.

4491450, Jan 1, 1985

Sep 23, 1981

6/304901

Albert L. George - Lafayette LA

E21B 1914

414 22

An apparatus for picking up and laying down drill pipe casing and the like having a single endless line and support means extending axially of the apparatus toward the drilling rig to move the pivot point of the apparatus rearwardly thereof to increase its resistance against tipping under load. The apparatus also comprises a means for safely loading and unloading a trough and a support pole from the unit.

4798020, Jan 17, 1989

Jan 21, 1987

7/005590

Albert L. George - Lafayette LA
Don Gooch - Boyce LA

A01K 8104

43 65

A movable vehicle supported by a plurality by a pair of front and rear wheels or tracks, upon which a structural frame is set upon, the vehicle driven by a fuel engine which would in turn power a hydraulic pump for steering, lifting and rotating and other purposes on the vehicle. The vehicle would include primary collection system along its leading edge, which would include a means such as gas and water eductor lines for educting fluid into the pond at a point ahead of the on moving vehicle, so that the crawfish which may be hiding or settled at the bottom of the pond would tend to be disturbed and float to a level within the water in the pond, and urged into the forward moving trapping device by the relative movement of pond water to the vehicle combined with the urging of pressurized water and air floor toward the forward opening of the harvesting device.

4565504, Jan 21, 1986

Oct 20, 1983

6/543531

Albert A. George - Lafayette LA
David B. George - Layfayette LA

F04B 912

417401

A pneumatic metering pump apparatus, having a pump member, working in combination with power head means wherein a pneumatically driven piston would cooperate with the pump means. There would be further provided a fluid inlet providing fluid flow to the power head and a valving element in communication with the first fluid inlet and the piston. Further, a timer would be in fluid communication with the valve and piston, would also include a valving element housed in the valving member for providing fluid communication between the valving member and the piston when the valving member is in the first position and blocking fluid communication between the valving member and the piston and establish fluid communication between the piston and an exhaust when the valving member is in a second position.

4212576, Jul 15, 1980

Mar 2, 1978

5/882656

Albert L. George - Lafayette LA

E21B 1914

414 22

A pipe handling apparatus for lifting and/or lowering heavy objects such as drill pipe, drill collars and the like to and from the elevated floor of a drilling rig from a lower storage position including an endless loop cable rove in a single layer in wide spaced grooves on a pivotably mounted rotatable drum and a deep, wide grooved sheave mounted substantially vertically on a load aligning floor pole with means for pivoting the rotatable drum to slacken or tension the cable to vary the elevation of the object being carried on free running trolly means and means for automatically preventing overloading of the cable.

4036432, Jul 19, 1977

Nov 3, 1975

5/628125

Albert L. George - Lafayette LA

F01P 702

236 35

A variable speed drive system for driving one or, preferably, a plurality of fans at a desired, controllable speed. The fans are rotated by motors in fluid communication with variable displacement pumps. The motors rotate the fans at a speed corresponding to the fluid displacement of the pumps and an adjusting structure operably connected to the pumps regulates the fluid displacement of the pumps so that the fans are driven by the motors at a desired speed. Preferably, the adjusting structure includes a temperature sensor and a pump displacement control responsive to the temperature sensor so that the fluid displacement of the pumps is automatically regulated in response to the temperature of the substance cooled by the fans.