Patents by Inventor John L. Costley

John L. Costley 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: 6922886
    Abstract: An apparatus designed for installing anode bracelets upon pipes used in cathodic protection systems. The apparatus includes a pair of grasp booms which hold the anode bracelet during installation of the bracelet around the pipe to be cathodically protected. The grasp booms can be rotated for the installation of the anode bracelet and can be opened to receive each half of the bracelet and closed to mount the bracelet around the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Inventor: John L. Costley, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040003991
    Abstract: An anode bracelet installment tool system in which the apparatus may consist of a boom to lift one half of the whole bracelet and retain that anode bracelet half into a movable device that will not only grip that one half of the anode bracelet and retain that grip while the other half of the anode bracelet is being set into the other retention device but also retain that bracelet through a rotation and conformation adjustment to the conformity of the pipe whereupon it is to be placed for the cathodic protection of that member
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventor: John L. Costley
  • Patent number: 5683209
    Abstract: An anchor comprising an exterior bale and having two fluke planes in a horizontal plane that lie vertically parallel and in a horizontal plane are separated by vertical ribs uniting the horizontal planes at an angle of 90.degree. and forming with them open spaces between the fluke planes that allow the passage of marine floor material through the entire length of the fluke planes area. Stops elements are to either side of the fluke plane and control the burial angle rotation of the fluke in relationship to the bale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Inventor: John L. Costley, Jr.