CLAUDE CAREY HOBBS
Pilots at Spanish Oak, Waco, TX
License number
Texas A0855008
Issued Date
Dec 2016
Expiration Date
Dec 2018
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
12 Spanish Oak, Waco, TX 76710
Professional information
Evaporative Cooler Pad And Method Of Forming Same
US Patent:
4902449, Feb 20, 1990
Filed:
Sep 22, 1988
Appl. No.:
7/247845
Inventors:
Claude C. Hobbs - Waco TX
Assignee:
Hobbs Bonded Fibers - Groesbeck TX
International Classification:
B01F 304, B32B 100, B32B 300
US Classification:
261 94
Abstract:
An evaporative cooler pad has opposing faces and is formed from a substantially noncompressible batt of substantially uniformly distributed natural cellulosic lightweight elongate segments such as aspen wood shavings. The segments are oriented in generally horizontal planes and extend in various directions with respect to each other to form interconnecting interstices and passageways throughout the pad. A preformed hydrophilic foam directly coats substantially all the surfaces of the individual segments. The coating is substantially less than the thickness of the segments so as to increase the cross-section of the segments without interconnecting the segments to each other and without bridging between the segments so that the interstices and passageways throughout the batt remain substantially intact. The foam has a minute cellular structure so that when contacted by water, the foam serves to wick the water along the surfaces of the pad and significantly increase the evaporative efficiency of the pad.
Plant Growth Bed With High Loft Textile Fibers
US Patent:
4918861, Apr 24, 1990
Filed:
Nov 15, 1988
Appl. No.:
7/271729
Inventors:
Tim D. Carpenter - Colorado Springs CO
Claude C. Hobbs - Waco TX
Claude C. Hobbs - Waco TX
Assignee:
Hobbs Bonded Fibers - Groesbeck TX
International Classification:
A01G 3100
US Classification:
47 59
Abstract:
A plant growth bed for growing plants includes a bag formed of a relatively thin plastic sheet material impervious to passage of liquids and air therethrough with a relatively high loft bedding of crimped textile fibers substantially filling the bag. The major portion of the crimped textile fibers are hydrophobic staple fibers and the remaining minor portion of the crimped textile fibers are hydrophilic fibers intermixed or blended together. The high loft of the textile fibers provides open spaces around the fibers to allow for optimum air for proper root development and plant growth. The bedding is readily compressible as for compact shipment to about 1/5 the thickness of the uncompressed high loft bedding. In an uncompressed condition the bedding has an overall thickness of at least about 3 inches and a density of 0. 5 to 2 pounds per cubic foot.