Patents by Inventor Delmer Cotton Renner

Delmer Cotton Renner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6471495
    Abstract: An irrigation pump for use in irrigating small fields or supplementing larger irrigation systems can also be used for portable water supply for emergency, military, or for underdeveloped countries. The pump system is designed to be light-weight and semi-portable and can be powered with a small engine or electric motor. The apparatus uses a down well impeller that is driven by a flexible vertical shaft and a vertical shaft motor drive or engine. The pump impeller incorporates its own thrust and journal bearings for the pump shaft. The bearings are water lubricated. The main drive shaft is flexible and elongated and is supported over its entire length with a flexible shaft guide sleeve. The flexible drive shaft is surrounded by a convoluted well pipe so that the drive shaft and the well pipe can be removed from the well casing bore as a unit and then coiled for storage. A flange on the outlet fitting can be used to bolt the entire assembly of engine and outlet fitting to the well head at a well casing flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Peter B. Allen, Delmer Cotton Renner