Patents by Inventor Henry Castaneda Camacho

Henry Castaneda Camacho 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).

  • TOOL AND METHOD FOR SAFE REMOVAL OF VALVES FITTED IN FLUID PIPES
    Publication number: 20160052116
    Abstract: This invention relates to a manual tool for safely removing undesired taps, connected illegally and controlled by means of locking valves in fluid transport pipes (especially oil and derivatives thereof) and with pressures present of up to 690 kPa (100 psi). The tool according to the present invention is formed by a handle, a handle shaft, a packing gland, a main body, a draining valve, and a gauge adapter or wood plug, which is inserted by friction in the perforation to be blocked, forming a temporary seal therein while a definitive metal patch is fitted and soldered to the pipe. The invention also includes the method for safe removal of valves fitted to fluid pipes with said tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Jairo Alberto CANAL RIVERA, Humberto REYES GOMEZ, Henry CASTANEDA CAMACHO
  • TOOL AND METHOD FOR SAFE REMOVAL OF VALVES FITTED IN FLUID PIPES
    Publication number: 20110146043
    Abstract: This invention relates to a manual tool for safely removing undesired taps, connected illegally and controlled by means of locking valves in fluid transport pipes (especially oil and derivatives thereof) and with pressures present of up to 690 kPa (100 psi). The tool according to the present invention is formed by a handle, a handle shaft, a packing gland, a main body, a draining valve, and a gauge adapter or wood plug, which is inserted by friction in the perforation to be blocked, forming a temporary seal therein while a definitive metal patch is fitted and soldered to the pipe. The invention also includes the method for safe removal of valves fitted to fluid pipes with said tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: ECOPETROL S.A.
    Inventors: Jairo Alberto Canal Rivera, Hamberto Reyes Gomez, Henry Castaneda Camacho