Patents by Inventor Jacques Turpin

Jacques Turpin 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: 5971002
    Abstract: A safety valve for a circuit for ventilating a liquid tank, preventing liquid from being entrained and comprising a casing which opens out inside the tank under the upper wall of the latter and the upper part of which is connected to the ventilating circuit by means of an orifice, including:a) a needle capable, in the high position, of shutting off the orifice located in the head of the valve;b) a float associated with the needle and capable of sliding vertically inside the casing;c) structure for supporting the float and for displacing the said float upwards in the event of an inclination of the casing;d) a stem extending the lower part of the casing inside the tank under the means for supporting and displacing the float.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Jacques Turpin, Serge Percebois
  • Patent number: 5839489
    Abstract: Filling adaptor for a fuel tank, including a tubular body having a first open end communicating upstream with the filling orifice and a second open end communicating downstream with the filler pipe, the tubular body comprising downstream an internally frustoconical final portion whose cross-section decreases in the downstream direction, the cone vertex angle of which is no greater than 10.degree. and the smallest internal diameter of which is equal to or slightly greater than the external diameter of the spout of the filler nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Patrick Ganachaud, Jacques Turpin, Eddy Maignan, Jean-Philippe Rolinat