Patents by Inventor Charles S. Brewer

Charles S. Brewer 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).

  • Reusable container unit having spaced protective housings
    Patent number: 5595319
    Abstract: A reusable container unit for flowable materials, having enhanced puncture resistance and leak containment characteristics, and being readily handleable by conventional fork lift or the like equipment, comprising a substantially closed and continuous first wall providing a containment vessel for flowable material, a substantially closed and continuous second wall providing a protective shell surrounding the vessel and spaced therefrom over at least a major portion of the outer surface thereof to provide protective spacing therebetween, spacer elements positioned between the vessel and shell for substantially maintaining the spacing therebetween, at least one aperture in adjacent portions of each of the vessel and shell and adapted to provide one or more access ports for of the vessel, individual closure devices for each of the apertures, a tubular wall extending between and connecting the apertures forming each access port to provide a conduit for the flow of materials into and out of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Nuclear Containers, Inc., A Tennesse Corporation
    Inventors: William R. Householder, William M. Arnold, Charles S. Brewer
  • Reusable container unit
    Patent number: 5395007
    Abstract: A reusable container unit for flowable materials, having enhanced puncture resistance and leak containment characteristics, and being readily handleable by conventional fork lift or the like equipment, comprising a metallic, substantially closed and continuous first wall providing a containment vessel for flowable material, a metallic, substantially closed and continuous second wall providing a protective shell surrounding the vessel and spaced therefrom over at least a major portion of the outer surface thereof to provide protective spacing therebetween, spacer elements positioned between the vessel and shell for substantially maintaining the spacing therebetween, at least one aperture in adjacent portions of each of the vessel and shell and adapted to provide one or more access ports for of the vessel, individual closurer devices for each of the apertures, a tubular wall extending between and connecting the apertures forming each access port to provide a conduit for the flow of materials into and out of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Inventors: William R. Housholder, William M. Arnold, Charles S. Brewer