Patents Assigned to Saint-Gobain Pipelines plc
  • Patent number: 7033489
    Abstract: A drainage assembly (10) comprises a frame (11) for defining at least part of the surface boundary of a surface drainage aperture; and a grating (14) having formed therein a plurality of apertures. The grating (14) is hingedly secured to the frame (11) and is moveable, when so secured, between an operative position in which the grating (14) is contiguous with the frame (11); and an open position in which the grating (14) lies hinged away from the frame (11). The grating (14) includes protruding therefrom a pair of forks (34, 36). The frame (11) includes a pair of journal bearings (37, 38). The forks each have protruding therefrom a respective protuberance (39) that is receivable in a respective journal recess (42) formed in the journal bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Pipelines plc
    Inventors: Keith Thompson, John Neil Pickavance, Alan Jack Pendleton
  • Publication number: 20040238424
    Abstract: A drainage assembly (10) comprises a frame (11) for defining at least part of the surface boundary of a surface drainage aperture; and a grating (14) having formed therein a plurality of apertures. The grating (14) is hingedly secured to the frame (11) and is moveable, when so secured, between an operative position in which the grating (14) is contiguous with the frame (11); and an open position in which the grating (14) lies hinged away from the frame (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Pipelines plc
    Inventors: Keith Thompson, John Neil Pickavance, Alan Jack Pendleton