Patents by Inventor Edward P. Smith

Edward P. Smith 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: 5384086
    Abstract: The method provides that a pipeline (10) or passageway (10) wall is coated using a backstop means, a body of resinous material (6) and an everting tube (5). These items are located inside the passageway to be lined and moved there along with the backstop (1) providing support for the bulk of resin material and also applying pressure via the resin material onto the everting face (16). When the everting tube is a resin absorbent material, the presence of the bulk of the fluent material prevents air from becoming entrained in the everting face and prevents voids in final lining. The resin may be introduced via a tee piece (12) through the lag thereof while the everting tube is introduced along the arms of the tee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: Insituform (Netherlands) BV
    Inventor: Edward P. Smith
  • Patent number: 4999734
    Abstract: An electrode array for use in an apparatus for remotely monitoring the position of a rotatable member as the rotatable member is rotated by an axle about an axis. The array includes a substrate composed of a three-layer composite having first and second surfaces, a plurality of spaced-apart, excitable electrodes defining a center portion disposed on the first surface, an aperture in the substrate located in the center portion for receiving the axle, a center electrode in the center portion spaced apart from the axle circumscribing the aperture, a guard composed of a first conductive strip disposed in the center portion on the first surface spaced apart from and located between the spaced apart excitable electrodes and the center electrode. Each of the excitable electrodes have a concave free edge that delimits a part of the center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: Siecor Corporation
    Inventor: Edward P. Smith