Patents by Inventor Charles W. Phelps

Charles W. Phelps 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: 4111225
    Abstract: A mobile tank mounted on a set of wheels is hitchable to the back of a vehicle for transport between a camping area and a remote sewage area. A plurality of cleaning nozzles, interconnected by a conduit, are disposed along the top of the tank. The nozzles extend through apertures in the tank wall to the inside of the tank with sets of nozzle orifices oriented adjacent the inner wall surface. Sewage is removed on-site from each of a plurality of campers or other sewage sources at the camping area and transferred into the tank. The tank is then transported to the remote sewage disposal area for emptying. The inside of the tank is cleaned by supplying water under pressure to the conduit. Water from the nozzle orifices is sprayed against the inner wall surface of the tank. The spray tends to cut into solid sewage caked on the inner wall, and a downwardly flowing film of water established on the inner wall surface washes the sewage out a tank outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Inventor: Charles W. Phelps
  • Patent number: D267156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Assignee: Whelen Engineering Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles W. Phelps
  • Patent number: D274328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1984
    Assignee: Whelen Engineering Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles W. Phelps