Robert Shane Frank

Address:

670 NW 6 St APT 311, Miami, FL 33136

VIN:

JA3AU16U89U011311

Make:

MITSUBISHI

Model:

LANCER

Year:

2009

US Patent:

7930981, Apr 26, 2011

Filed:

Apr 2, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/061126

Inventors:

Lonnie A. Coffey - Knoxville TN, US
Robert L. Frank - Spring City TN, US

International Classification:

F23K 3/02

US Classification:

110263, 110104 R, 209506

Abstract:

An adjustable riffler can be used in a piping system connecting a pulverizer and a furnace. The adjustable riffler includes a support member, at least two plates spaced apart along an axis, and at least one inclined flange. The two plates include a fixed plate attached to the support member and a translatable plate positioned adjacent to the fixed plate. The translatable plate is translatable along the axis with respect to the fixed plate. The at least one inclined flange is connected to one of the fixed plate and the translatable plate and extends along the axis between the plates to form a channel between the fixed plate and the translatable plate.

US Patent:

56863098, Nov 11, 1997

Filed:

Jan 19, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/588793

Inventors:

Robert Stewart Frank - Pembroke Pines FL
James Lynn Wyatt - Plantation FL

Assignee:

Coulter International Corp. - Miami FL

International Classification:

G01N 3372

US Classification:

436 66

Abstract:

This invention is related to an apparatus and method to determine the hemoglobin concentration of individual red blood cells by measuring the radio frequency resistance (RF) and direct current (DC) resistance resulting during the flow of the cells through a measurement aperture. The hemoglobin concentration of the cell is determined using the ratio of these two resistances. This determination can be made using a focused flow cell and a non-focused flow cell. In addition, the determination can be made with red blood cells which are either in their native, deformable state or with red blood cells that have been isovolumetrically sphered.

US Patent:

57988277, Aug 25, 1998

Filed:

Nov 26, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/753585

Inventors:

Robert S. Frank - Pembroke Pines FL
James L. Wyatt - Plantation FL
Weiyan Gong - Miami FL
Carlos M. Rodriguez - Miami FL
Robert C. Leif - San Diego CA

Assignee:

Coulter International Corp. - Miami FL

International Classification:

G01N 2147
G01N 3349

US Classification:

356 39

Abstract:

The present invention provides an apparatus and method to determine individual red blood cell shape within a flow cytometric aperture. Cell shape is determined by measuring the asymmetry of a light scatter pattern produced by laser illumination of the cell within the aperture by light scatter detectors which collect light from specific angular regions of light scatter, and analyzing the asymmetry of the light scatter patters to determine the individual red blood cell shape. Embodiments of the invention further provide for the determination of red blood cell shape by measuring the asymmetry of a light scatter pattern and measuring electrical resistance of the red blood cell.