Patents by Inventor Harold F. Booles

Harold F. Booles 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: 6889538
    Abstract: A monitoring system for leak prevention and leak detection in a pipe line through which a liquid, particularly a petroleum product, passes. The system includes a fitting having two ports. Both ports are connected to an interstitial area surrounding the pipe through which the liquid passes. One port is also connected to a liquid leakage detection device and the other port is connected to a device for preventing liquid leakage to the ambient area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Varco I/P, Inc.
    Inventor: Harold F. Booles
  • Patent number: 5556679
    Abstract: A dual pipe installation comprising a sump including a wall having inner and outer surfaces, and an opening extending there between, a pipe assembly extending into the sump and comprising an outer flexible pipe extending lengthwise and being defined by an endless wall which includes a plurality of corrugations in serially adjacent lengthwise relation, and a lengthwise inwardly open channel, and an inner flexible pipe which extends within the outer pipe, which is defined by an endless wall defining an interior and including a plurality of corrugations in serially adjacent lengthwise relation, and a projecting end portion extending axially outwardly beyond the end of the outer pipe and having an outer end, and which defines, with the outer pipe, an annular space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: A. O. Smith Corporation
    Inventor: Harold F. Booles