Patents by Inventor José Luiz Whitaker Ribeiro

José Luiz Whitaker Ribeiro 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: 7784227
    Abstract: Modular pool constructive design whose walls are constituted by metallic panels (17, 18, 19), made up by folding metallic sheets, comprising a bottom including a structure that supports a plurality of metallic panels-tiles (16) —said walls (11, 12, 13, 14) are connected to said bottom's structure, making up a unique and non-deformable structure, all the pool's elements are interlinked by semi-permanent connecting means, such as screws and nuts. The dimensions of the pool's elements allow its easy transport in small vehicles or buildings' elevators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: WBA Consultoria e Vendas Internacionais LTDA
    Inventor: José Luiz Whitaker Ribeiro
  • Publication number: 20080148500
    Abstract: Constructive design for reservoir and pool cleaning device using successive and intermittent water jets, adjacent to the surface of the bottom of said reservoirs and pools, comprising a cleaning head built into said bottom, equipped with a piston (21) substantially cylindrical movable between a first lower resting position and a second operation position, in which the upper part of said piston surpasses said bottom leaving uncovered the outlet hole (29) of said (43), the direction of the successive jets undergoing random angular increases by means of said piston's axial rotation at the interval of its movement between the referred positions, the momentum produced by said rotation provided only by the jet's reaction force (43) expelled through said hole, which axel is eccentrically placed in relation to said piston's axel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Jose Luiz Whitaker Ribeiro