Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Piquin

Jean-Claude Piquin 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).

  • Drainage unit for aircraft sanitation systems
    Patent number: 4534082
    Abstract: The invention concerns a drainage unit in particular for aircraft sanitation systems.The technical problem resides in providing such a unit which is extremely simple, reliable and effective.According to the invention, this unit, which is formed by a mobile truck (1) carrying a collecting reservoir (12), comprises depression-producing means (18, 19) connected to the collecting reservoir (12) so as to produce the vacuum therein and take-off means (14) mounted in a support (15) and capable of being temporarily connected to the sanitation systems of the aircraft for transferring waste materials and waters to the reservoir (12), the depression-producing means (18, 19) for the reservoir, the take-off means (14) and the reservoir (12) being disposed on the chassis (4) of the truck (1) in the form of a compact assembly inscribed within the frame of the chassis (4).The invention is principally employed for the rapid draining of aircraft sanitation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Defontaine S.A.
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Piquin