Patents by Inventor Wayne Noel Richards

Wayne Noel Richards 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).

  • Token-operated apparatus for communal prepayment water management
    Patent number: 6243693
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for controlling and measuring the flow of water delivered per transaction of a community water management arrangement, the apparatus having an inlet and outlet, a meter to determine the volume of water delivered and also to adjust data contained in a customer data device, the data device being presentable to an interface for a time period chosen by the customer for a predetermined volume of water, the metering unit and regulator being stopped by removable of the data device or by a management station signal, the management station being capable of receiving information directly from the personal consumer data device and from the personal consumer data device via the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Merlin Gerin S.A. (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventor: Wayne Noel Richards