Patents by Inventor Elizabeth E. Simpson

Elizabeth E. Simpson 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: 5259702
    Abstract: The invention is a method of installing an outer-cased piling through a zone of subsoil contamination which includes boring a hole to a predetermined depth below the contamination, placing a smaller diameter casing in the full length of the hole, pumping a cementitious material between the outer casing wall and the soil, installing the piling through the casing and down to a point of refusal below the contaminated zone, filling the piling form with cement and then filling the void between the piling and casing with a cementitious material.The outer-cased piling design allows the piling installation through zones of contamination without adversely impacting the environment or spreading the contamination to other subsurface layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventor: Elizabeth E. Simpson
  • Patent number: 5131790
    Abstract: The invention is a method of installing an outer-cased piling through a zone of subsoil contamination, and the apparatus used therein, which includes boring a hole to a predetermined depth below the contamination, placing a smaller diameter casing in the full length of the hole, pumping a cementitious material between the outer casing wall and the soil, installing the piling through the casing and down to a support layer well below the contaminated zone, filling the piling form with cement and then filling the void between the piling and casing with a cementitious material.The outer-cased piling design allows the piling installation through zones of contamination without adversely impacting the environment or spreading the contamination to other subsurface layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventor: Elizabeth E. Simpson