Patents by Inventor Gareth Ward Pimm

Gareth Ward Pimm 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 and method for separation of contaminants floating on the surface of a liquid
    Patent number: 5783095
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in the separation of a floating contaminant from a body of liquid has a rectangular planar sheet with upright wall members on each of two opposed edges and has on one of its other edges an inlet manifold. The inlet manifold has a slot aperture through which is directed a high velocity film of liquid over the sheet. The sheet has at the edge remote from the manifold a collecting device. The sheet is positioned in the liquid so that the film of liquid entrains the floating contaminants and carries them to the collecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Inventors: Richard John Forsey, Gareth Ward Pimm