Patents by Inventor Troy J. Potter

Troy J. Potter 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: 4637440
    Abstract: A first low pressure storage tank is provided including a liquid inlet and a valved liquid outlet as well as a vapor outlet. Gas pump structure is also provided including suction and discharge ports and a high pressure storage tank is provided including a gas inlet and a gas outlet. First pipe structure is provided including an inlet end for communication with the liquid trap or sump of a gas transmission pipe line and an outlet end communicated with a gas inlet for the low pressure storage tank. A second pipe communicates the vapor outlet of the low pressure tank with the suction port of the gas pump and a third pipe communicates the discharge port of a gas pump with the gas inlet for the high pressure tank. Further, the second pipe includes a gas/liquid separator including a valved out communicated with the first pipe and the high pressure storage tank includes a lower valved liquid outlet communicated with the first pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Inventor: Troy J. Potter