Patents by Inventor Graham F Towers

Graham F Towers 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: 7238256
    Abstract: A pipe construction system which utilizes a multiplicity of arcuate pipe segments 11, 12 to form a pipe section 10 and which sections are assembled together to form a length of pipe. Each segment 11, 12 has two longitudinal edges 13 of increased radial thickness and having a groove 14 formed in the circumferential direction whereby an interlocking and sealing member 15 may be located in the aligned grooves 14 of two adjacent segments 11, 12. One end of a pipe section 10 assembled from the segments defines a socket 22 for receiving a spigot 23 defined at the other end of a like section. The spigot end of each segment has a pocket 25 formed along said edge 13 but within the thickness of the major area of the segment, which pocket 25 mates with a corresponding pocket 25 of an adjacent segment whereby sealant may be disposed in the mating pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventors: Lee M Skinner, Graham F Towers, Afay Talwar
  • Patent number: 5510078
    Abstract: A lining process for a pipeline or passageway employs a resin impregnated lining tube which is everted into a collapsed preliner tube in the passageway to be lined. A constraining element allows the preliner tube to expand only in the vicinity of the everting face so that a pool of resin is formed between the everting face and the preliner tuber adjacent to the constraining element. In this manner, air is prevented from communicating with the everting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Insituform (Netherlands) B.V.
    Inventors: Edward P. Smith, Graham F. Towers