Patents by Inventor John P. Spacer

John P. Spacer 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: 4765144
    Abstract: The invention is a solar-powered, Rankine cycle, two fluid engine useable for many functions, especially for pumping liquids from the ground such as water or oil in remote locations. The engine driven by heat energy collected in standard collectors or in solar ponds utilizes a heated fluid such as water to transfer the heat from the collectors to a tank where a volatile working medium is transformed into a pressurized vapor. The heated working medium is then fed to a double acting cylinder where work is extracted from the working medium. The engine's valving is controlled by electric switches. The storage batteries are continuously charged by solar energy. If the source of energy is heat collected by standard collectors, a tracking device for the collectors, also driven by solar power, is incorporated in order to attain high collection efficiencies. The engine is used to drive either mechanical or hydraulic pumping devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Inventor: John P. Spacer
  • Patent number: 4720978
    Abstract: The invention is a solar-powered, Rankine cycle, two fluid, engine useable for many functions, especially for pumping liquids from the ground such as water or oil in remote locations. The engine driven by heat energy collected in standard collectors or in solar ponds utilizes a heated fluid such as water to transfer the heat from the collectors to a tank where a volatile working medium is transformed into a pressurized vapor. The heated working medium is then fed to a double acting cylinder where work is extracted from the working medium. The engine is a rather slow moving engine, with the valving controlled by electric switches which are driven by storage batteries. The storage batteries are continuously charged by solar energy. If the source of energy is heat collected by standard collectors, a tracking device for the collectors, also driven by solar power, is incorporated in order to attain high collection efficiencies. The engine is used to drive either mechanical or hydraulic pumping devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Inventor: John P. Spacer
  • Patent number: 4484865
    Abstract: A fluid pump for use down a well, having a pump shell, a flexible bladder, a squeeze plate, two check valves, and a plurality of toggle linkages, and a drive rod. The flexible bladder is positioned between the pump shell and the squeeze plate inside the pump shell, and the toggle linkages pivotally connect the squeeze plate, the drive rod, and the inside surface of the pump shell in a manner that permits with one complete stroke of the drive rod the compression and relaxing of the flexible bladder. The power source, is located at the surface of the earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Inventor: John P. Spacer