Brian Michael Atkinson

US Patent:

20130171358, Jul 4, 2013

Filed:

Nov 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/688947

Inventors:

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN, US
James Stewart Nelson - Kingsport TN, US
Aaron Grills - Kingsport TN, US
Mark Robert Shelton - Kingsport TN, US
Dwayne Ray Leonard - Gray TN, US
Marcus Eric Johnson - Chuckey TN, US
Carlos Carvajal - Kingsport TN, US
J. Clayton Carter - Kingsport TN, US
Brian Atkinson - Farmington Hills MI, US

Assignee:

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

International Classification:

B27K 3/02

US Classification:

4273722, 118400, 118423, 118 58, 427440

Abstract:

A wood treatment method and apparatus utilizing a treatment vessel having an integrated bundle hold-down system for securing a bundle of wood within the interior of the vessel during treatment. The bundle hold-down system can be operable to counteract large buoyant forces associated with submersing the bundle of wood in a liquid reagent and/or can be used to maintain the shape and/or position of the bundle during treatment, even if a liquid reagent is not present.

US Patent:

20130171364, Jul 4, 2013

Filed:

Nov 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/688906

Inventors:

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN, US
James Stewart Nelson - Kingsport TN, US
Aaron Grills - Kingsport TN, US
Mark Robert Shelton - Kingsport TN, US
Carlos Carvajal - Kingsport TN, US
J. Clayton Carter - Kingsport TN, US
Robert Eugene Jones - Kingsport TN, US
Brian Atkinson - Farmington Hills MI, US

Assignee:

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

International Classification:

B27K 3/02
B27K 5/00

US Classification:

427440, 432 87, 219679, 432 9, 34259, 41422201, 414806, 118423, 118 58, 118642

Abstract:

A wood treatment method and apparatus employing a bundle support structure to support a bundle of wood during transportation and treatment of the bundle. The bundle support structure rests on a movable cart during transportation of the bundle, but is detached from the movable cart during treatment of the bundle.

US Patent:

20130171365, Jul 4, 2013

Filed:

Nov 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/688979

Inventors:

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN, US
Jared Moore - Kingsport TN, US
James Stewart Nelson - Kingsport TN, US
Mark Robert Shelton - Kingsport TN, US
Carlos Carvajal - Kingsport TN, US
J. Clayton Carter - Kingsport TN, US
Brian Atkinson - Farmington Hills MI, US

Assignee:

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

International Classification:

B27K 3/02
B27K 5/00

US Classification:

427440, 432 87, 219679, 432 9, 41422201, 414806, 118423

Abstract:

A wood treatment system that includes at least one wood treatment vessel and a bundle lift system for loading and unloading a bundle of wood from a cart used to transport the bundle into and/or out of the treatment vessel. The lift system vertically disengages the bundle of wood from the cart within the interior of the vessel, thereby allowing the cart to be removed from the vessel prior to initiating treatment. The lift system, which can be physically separate from or physically coupled to the cart, is entirely disposed within a lower portion of the interior volume of the wood treatment vessel.

US Patent:

20130171372, Jul 4, 2013

Filed:

Nov 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/689012

Inventors:

EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY - KINGSPORT TN, US
JAMES STEWART NELSON - KINGSPORT TN, US
AARON GRILLS - KINGSPORT TN, US
MARK ROBERT SHELTON - KINGSPORT TN, US
CARLOS CARVAJAL - KINGSPORT TN, US
J. CLAYTON CARTER - KINGSPORT TN, US
ROBERT EUGENE JONES - KINGSPORT TN, US
BRIAN ATKINSON - FARMINGTON HILLS MI, US

Assignee:

EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY - KINGSPORT TN

International Classification:

B27K 3/02

US Classification:

427542, 432 87, 219679, 41422201, 118423, 118 58, 118642, 4273722

Abstract:

A wood treatment method and apparatus that includes a cart drive system for enabling the movement of at least one wood-transporting cart into and/or out of a wood treatment vessel. The wood-transporting cart can have a length greater than the maximum internal dimension of the wood treatment vessel. The cart drive system can include at least one active drive component and at least one passive drive component. The active drive component can be physically separate from the cart and permanently fixed outside the interior of the wood treatment vessel. The passive drive component can be physically coupled to the cart and operable to move with the cart as it transports the bundle of wood into and/or out of the wood treatment vessel.

US Patent:

20130172526, Jul 4, 2013

Filed:

Nov 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/689053

Inventors:

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN, US
Jared Moore - Kingsport TN, US
James Stewart Nelson - Kingsport TN, US
Aaron Grills - Kingsport TN, US
Mark Robert Shelton - Kingsport TN, US
J. Clayton Carter - Kingsport TN, US
Robert Eugene Jones - Kingsport TN, US
Brian Atkinson - Farmington Hills MI, US
Ronnie Dean Dover - Simpsonville SC, US
John Matthew Odel - Mill Spring NC, US

Assignee:

Eastman Chemical Company - Kingsport TN

International Classification:

B65G 49/00

US Classification:

530202, 41422201, 414806

Abstract:

A wood treatment method and apparatus that includes a laterally shiftable transportation segment adjacent a door of a wood treatment vessel. When retracted, the shiftable transportation segment accommodates the opening and/or closing of the door. When aligned, the shiftable transportation segment can support the weight of a cart that transports a bundle of wood into and/or out of the wood treatment vessel. Wood treatment systems described herein may also include a bundle adjustment system for applying an aligning force to at least a portion of the bundle during its loading and/or unloading from the wood treatment vessel.