Patents by Inventor Daniel P. Pitre

Daniel P. Pitre 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).

  • Apparatus for oil spill recovery
    Patent number: 5580450
    Abstract: An oil recovery skimmer assembly, mountable on any suitable barge like structure, has means for placing booms so as to direct water to at least one scoop assembly where surface water and oil is skimmed off and pumped to a separator tank where substantially all the oil is separated from the water and the water returned to within the boom area, thereby assuring retreatment of the water and non-return of oil to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Texaco, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie P. Lombas, Daniel P. Pitre