Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Gress

Jean-Claude Gress 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: 5035535
    Abstract: A device for regulating the flow in a drainage siphon tube, includes a rigid tube connected to the outlet end of the siphon tube. The rigid tube is placed on a brace such that it can oscillate around a horizontal axis by means of a counter-weight. Pivoting upward of the tube is limited by a high block stop and pivoting downward is limited by a low block stop in such a way that when the siphon tube is delivering above its critical point, the tube is tilted downward, resting on the lower block stop and when the critical outflow is reached, the tube empties itself and comes to rest against the higher block stop by means of the counterweight. An increase in the pressure at the inflow end of the siphon tube results in a rise of the water in the rigid tube until the imbalance makes it pivot to the downward tilted position where it rests on the low block stop and delivery higher than the critical point ejects the gas bubbles accumulated at the high point of the siphon tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Gress S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Gress
  • Patent number: 4717284
    Abstract: A device is provided for draining ground in depth. Each drain includes a tube having perforations in its middle part (1) with solid walls and closed at its lower part so as to form a cup (2), and with solid walls and open at its upper part (4). A siphoning tube (6) is permanently immersed by its lower part (3) in the cup (2), rises inside the tube (1) and leaves through a side duct (5) to drop down again towards an outlet (8). The outlet (8) is at the same level as the upper edge of the cup (2) so that the end (3) of the pipe (6) is always immersed and so that the siphon cannot be unprimed even during a dry period and requires no intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: Hydrogeo S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Gress