Patents by Inventor Neil S. French

Neil S. French 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: 3971330
    Abstract: A vertically elongated pump has an intake port at its bottom and a rearwardly directed exhaust port near the bottom. A vertical rod is attached to a piston sliding inside the pump that sucks water in through the intake port and pushes it out the exhaust port. A butterfly valve opens and closes the intake port in cooperation with the motion of the piston. A clamp, attached to the front of the pump, detachably secures the pump to the side of a water borne vessel in a manner that the pump is free to rotate 180.degree. about a vertical axis located outside the body of the pump. The rod is moved up and down by a manually operable handle that can rotate 360.degree. around the vertical axis of the pump, and that can be locked at any position selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Neil S. French