Patents by Inventor Jacques Pichon

Jacques Pichon 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).

  • Device for the removal of a liquid layer on water
    Patent number: 4111809
    Abstract: The floating apparatus comprises a cyclone carrying a normally submerged forming with the body of the cyclone a water compartment containing the cyclone inlet orifice. The sill of the dam is situated below but close to the free surface of the body of water from which the pollutant is to be removed and such sill is formed to create a continuous flow of water and pollutant into the compartment to form therein a level of the mixture lower than that of the free surface of the body of water. The dam has a height enabling the level of the water in the compartment to be maintained constantly higher than the inlet orifice of the cyclone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Societe Generale de Constructions Electriques et Mecaniques Alsthom
    Inventor: Jacques Pichon