Thomas Young & Vapore | |||
Invented and fabricated a porous ceramic materials proccess, a gel casting method, the capillary pump, several production methods amd machines, and combustion applications. Started Vapore Inc in August 2001. Was terminated from Vapore in September 2004. |
Thomas Young PO Box 70247 Pt. Richmond CA 94807 510-326-7407 TMY2 at this domain |
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Invented and developed the Capillary Pump and various novel ceramic processes, then started Vapore Inc. to commercialize the work. 1997-2004 | ![]() |
Designed and made this small camping stove to demonstrate the capillary pump. Was used in the design of MSR's new stove. | ![]() |
A micrograph of the porous ceramic. | ![]() |
The Microtorch: | ![]() |
My Father, Niels Young, invented the original idea of using capillary action to generate gas under pressure, for in particular, camping stoves: | 6,585,509 Vaporization and pressurization of liquid in a porous material 6,347,936 Liquid vaporization and pressurization apparatus and methods 6,162,046 Liquid vaporization and pressurization apparatus and methods 5,692,095 Capillary feed boiler 5,870,525 Capillary feed boiler |
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My contribution to the IP: | 6,634,864 High fluid flow and pressure in a capillary pump for vaporization of liquid 6,585,509 Vaporization and pressurization of liquid in a porous material 6,347,936 Liquid vaporization and pressurization apparatus and methods 6,162,046 Liquid vaporization and pressurization apparatus and methods |
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