Patents by Inventor John M. Elstone, III

John M. Elstone, III 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: 7685946
    Abstract: The tubular transporter for moving a submersible pump through a collecting pipe under a landfill has a set of wheels angularly mounted to a cylindrical housing in positions above a center of gravity of the transporter. The transporter has a screen at a suction end and an end plate at a discharge end. The end plate has a vent hole with an optional plug. A pressure sensor is removably mounted to the housing and operates for determining when sufficient water is present to actuate the pump. The pump discharges the water to be treated prior to being returned to the ground. A series of hose dollies are mounted to the discharge hose to enable entry into a long collection pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Inventor: John M. Elstone, III
  • Patent number: 4981080
    Abstract: To remove leachate collection in a drainfield under a landfill site with an inclined pipe conduit connected to a main leachate collection conduit pipe, the access pipe opening to the surface with a discharge flexible hose with a submersible pump on the end in carriage device including a housing attached around the submersible pump with two pairs of wheels freely and rotatably attached to the housing with the wheels angled outwardly and rotating in planes which intersect on a line parallel to the longitudinal center line of the housing, the line being above the housing and proximate the center line of the pipe conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Inventor: John M. Elstone, III