US Patent Issued to Florida State University Research Foundation on Sept. 1 for "Method for providing a rotating shaft into a high pressure, high temperature furnace" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,815, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Florida State University Research Foundation Inc. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

"Method for providing a rotating shaft into a high pressure, high temperature furnace" was invented by Charles Lamar English Jr. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for continuously cooling a rotary shaft seal of a pressure vessel (e.g., of a furnace) are provided. A continuous flow of gas into the pressure vessel can be utilized to continuously cool the rotary shaft seal as the gas enters the pressure vessel. The rotary shaft can have a turbine wheel attached to it."

The patent w...