Patents

Extensive Patent Portfolio


Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. has an extensive portfolio of patents and trademarks that have been filed and approved in various locations around the world. Since 1998, Ecosphere Technologies Inc. has been a water industry innovator, when company founders began developing eco-friendly technologies to solve major water remediation challenges on land and at sea. The majority of our green technologies focus on the cavitating properties of water and eliminating the wide-spread use of toxic chemicals through technologies like our patented, Ecosphere Ozonix® Cavitational Reactor Technology. Ecosphere has an extensive portfolio of patented clean technologies that can be purchased and licensed for use in large-scale and sustainable applications across industries, nations and ecosystems.

Approved US Patents Include:

United States Patent

No. 8,318,027

Disclosed is a process for reclamation of waste fluids. a conditioning container is employed for receipt of waste material on a continuous flow for treatment within the container by immersible transducers producing ultrasonic acoustic waves in combination with a high level of injected ozone. the invention discloses a cost efficient and environmentally friendly process and apparatus for cleaning and recycling of flowback, or frac water, which has been used to stimulate gas production from shale formations. the apparatus is mobile and containerized and suitable for installation at the well site.


United States Patent

No. 7,943,087

Disclosed is a process for reclamation of waste fluids. A conditioning container is employed for receipt of waste material on a continuous flow for treatment within the container by immersible transducers producing ultrasonic acoustic waves in combination with a high level of injected ozone. The treated material exhibits superior separation properties for delivery into a centrifuge for enhanced solid waste removal. The invention discloses a cost efficient and environmentally friendly process and apparatus for cleaning and recycling of flowback, or frac water, which has been used to stimulate gas production from shale formations. The apparatus is mobile and containerized and suitable for installation at the well site.


United States Patent

No. 7,699,994

Disclosed is a process for reclamation of waste fluids. A conditioning container is employed for receipt of waste material on a continuous flow for treatment within the container by immersible transducers producing ultrasonic acoustic waves in combination with a high level of injected ozone. The treated material exhibits superior separation properties for delivery into a centrifuge for enhanced solid waste removal. The invention discloses a cost efficient and environmentally friendly process and apparatus for cleaning and recycling of flowback, or frac water, which has been used to stimulate gas production from shale formations. The apparatus is mobile and containerized and suitable for installation at the well site.


United States Patent

No. 7,785,470

Disclosed is a process for reclamation of waste fluids. A conditioning container is employed for receipt of waste material on a continuous flow for treatment within the container by immersible transducers producing ultrasonic acoustic waves in combination with a high level of injected ozone. The treated material exhibits superior separation properties for delivery into a centrifuge for enhanced solid waste removal. The invention discloses a cost efficient and environmentally friendly process and apparatus for cleaning and recycling of flowback, or frac water, which has been used to stimulate gas production from shale formations. The apparatus is mobile and containerized and suitable for installation at the well site.


United States Patent

No. 7,699,988

Disclosed is a process for reclamation of waste fluids. A conditioning container is employed for receipt of waste material on a continuous flow for treatment within the container by immersible transducers producing ultrasonic acoustic waves in combination with a high level of injected ozone. The treated material exhibits superior separation properties for delivery into a centrifuge for enhanced solid waste removal. The invention discloses a cost efficient and environmentally friendly process and apparatus for cleaning and recycling of flowback, or frac water, which has been used to stimulate gas production from shale formations. The apparatus is mobile and containerized and suitable for installation at the well site.


United States Patent

No. 5,628,271

A method and apparatus for removing coatings from the hull of a ship using a steered magnet vehicle supported by the adhesion force only of a permanent magnet to the surface to be treated. Using an ultra-high pressure water jet system and method for removing coatings, paint, deposits, organic and inorganic from hulls without harming the substrate material and to provide a superior surface for the application of subsequent coatings.


nited States Patent

No. 5,849,099

A method for removing surface coatings from the hull of a ship by focusing annular streams of ultra-high pressure water from a rotating nozzle having one or more orifices. The nozzle orifices have oblique angles from the central axis of the rotating nozzle whereby the force of the water leaving the nozzle through the orifice imparts an opposite rotational force to the rotating nozzle. The placement of the orifices on the rotating nozzle is done in such a manner that the annular streams of water act in concert when striking the working surface to remove the paint. A waste water recovery system collects waste water and particulates of paint stripped from the working surface, the particulates are removed for later disposal and the water is recycled.


United States Patent

No. 6,287,389

The present invention provides a computerized apparatus and method for stripping paint from a vehicle, such as an automobile, by utilizing ultra-high pressure waterjet technology in conjunction with a method and apparatus for creating and storing, in a database, digitized maps or templates which may conform to either the original shape of a vehicle, the shape of a vehicle subsequent to a collision, or both. The stored shapes may be retrieved and compared to verify the extent of damage, additionally the stored shapes may then be retrieved as needed and used to drive a precision ultra-high pressure waterjet nozzle constructed and arranged for removal of the painted finish from the vehicle's surface.


United States Patent

No. 6,425,340

A method and apparatus for removing coatings from the hull of a ship using a steered magnet vehicle supported by the adhesion force only of a permanent magnet to the surface to be treated. Using an ultra-high pressure water jet system and method for removing coatings, paint, deposits, organic and inorganic from hulls without harming the substrate material and to provide a superior surface for the application of subsequent coatings.


United States Patent

No. 6,564,815

A mobile robot for cleaning, stripping, reconditioning or refurbishing a coating on a metal work piece has a remote controlled power module for locomotion and a working head for removing the coating. The robot is held on the metal work piece by magnets mounted on the robot but spaced from the work piece.


United States Patent

No. 6,595,152

A method and apparatus for removing coatings from the hull of a ship using a steered magnet vehicle supported by the adhesion force only of a permanent magnet to the surface to be treated. Using an ultra-high pressure water jet system and method for removing coatings, paint, deposits, organic and inorganic from hulls without harming the substrate material and to provide a superior surface for the application of subsequent coatings.


United States Patent

No. 6,604,696

A light weight carrier head is attached to a hand held wand for fluid removal of coatings, paint and other accretions from structural surfaces. The carrier head is in the shape of a ring with equidistant nozzles capable of producing 25,000 to 60,000 psi fluid dispersions covering a swath of up to 6 inches.


United States Patent

No. 6,745,108

The present invention provides a computerized apparatus and method for stripping paint/surface coatings from manufactured components by utilizing ultra-high pressure waterjet technology in conjunction with a method and apparatus for creating and storing, in a database, digitized maps or templates which conform to the shape of a manufactured component. The stored shapes may be retrieved as needed and used to drive a precision ultra-high pressure waterjet nozzle constructed and arranged for removal of the painted finish or surface coating from the desired surface.


United States Patent

No. 7,100,844 B2

The present invention is directed to a nozzle capable of producing a high impact waterjet when supplied with a source of ulta-high pressure liquid. The nozzle is constructed and arranged to infuse fluid into a high velocity stream of liquid passing through the nozzle to create a bubble rich waterjet. When the waterjet strikes against a surface the bubbles implode, amplifying the impact of the water against the surface.