Patents by Inventor Mark Edward Scopes
Mark Edward Scopes 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).
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Patent number: 9546519Abstract: A ram for boring through soil, including an elongate body terminating at one end in a head, wherein during use the head is separated from the body to form a channel therebetween for the soil to pass through from one side of the ram to another side of the ram.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventor: Mark Edward Scopes
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Patent number: 8992125Abstract: An apparatus for moving an elongate component within or through one of a plurality of sidewalls of a pit, including a gripping arrangement for releasably gripping the elongate component, a lever arm comprising a handle at a first end and the gripping arrangement at the second end, and a frame to which the lever arm is attached, wherein during use the frame is positioned substantially above the pit, and the gripping arrangement hangs downwardly from the frame into the pit.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2009Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited CompanyInventors: Mark Edward Scopes, Christopher Nigel Munnings
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Patent number: 8702348Abstract: An apparatus for moving an elongate component within or through a sidewall of a pit, including a frame, a lever arm pivotably attached to the frame and comprising a handle at a first end, a gripping arrangement pivotably attached to the lever arm at a second end at a gripping pivot point, allowing the gripping arrangement to pivot about the gripping pivot point to assume a first and a second installation position, wherein in a first installation position during use the gripping arrangement grips the elongate component as the lever arm pivots in a first direction and releases the elongate component as the lever arm pivots in a second, opposite, direction, and wherein in a second installation position during use the gripping arrangement releases the elongate component as the lever arm pivots in a first direction and grips the elongate component as the lever arm pivots in a second, opposite, direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2009Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited CompanyInventors: Mark Edward Scopes, Christopher Nigel Munnings
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Patent number: 8636446Abstract: An apparatus for moving an elongate component within or through a sidewall of a pit, including a lever arm having a handle at a first end and a gripping arrangement for gripping the elongate component at a second end, the lever arm being pivotably attached to a frame via a sleeve and arranged in use to be pivoted about a pivot point by moving the first, handle, end through an arc, and movement translation means for translating the pivoting movement of the lever arm at the first end into a substantially linear movement at the second, gripping, end.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2009Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited CompanyInventors: Mark Edward Scopes, Christopher Nigel Munnings
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Publication number: 20130270004Abstract: A ram for boring through soil, comprising an elongate body terminating at one end in a head, wherein during use the head is separated from the body to form a channel therebetween for the soil to pass through from one side of the ram to another side of the ram.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2012Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventor: Mark Edward Scopes
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Publication number: 20110274499Abstract: An apparatus for moving an elongate component within or through a sidewall of a pit, including a lever arm having a handle at a first end and a gripping arrangement for gripping the elongate component at a second end, the lever arm being pivotably attached to a frame via a sleeve and arranged in use to be pivoted about a pivot point by moving the first, handle, end through an arc, and movement translation means for translating the pivoting movement of the lever arm at the first end into a substantially linear movement at the second, gripping, end.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2009Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: British Telecommunications public limited companyInventors: Mark Edward Scopes, Christopher Nigel Munnings
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Publication number: 20110274500Abstract: An apparatus for moving an elongate component within or through one of a plurality of sidewalls of a pit, including a gripping arrangement for releasably gripping the elongate component, a lever arm comprising a handle at a first end and the gripping arrangement at the second end, and a frame to which the lever arm is attached, wherein during use the frame is positioned substantially above the pit, and the gripping arrangement hangs downwardly from the frame into the pit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2009Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Mark Edward Scopes, Christopher Nigel Munnings
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Publication number: 20110272652Abstract: An apparatus for moving an elongate component within or through a sidewall of a pit, including a frame, a lever arm pivotably attached to the frame and comprising a handle at a first end, a gripping arrangement pivotably attached to the lever arm at a second end at a gripping pivot point, allowing the gripping arrangement to pivot about the gripping pivot point to assume a first and a second installation position, wherein in a first installation position during use the gripping arrangement grips the elongate component as the lever arm pivots in a first direction and releases the elongate component as the lever arm pivots in a second, opposite, direction, and wherein in a second installation position during use the gripping arrangement releases the elongate component as the lever arm pivots in a first direction and grips the elongate component as the lever arm pivots in a second, opposite, direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2009Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANYInventors: Mark Edward Scopes, Christopher Nigel Munnings