Patents by Inventor Juan E. Ponce

Juan E. Ponce 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).

  • Pumping system with desilting arrangement
    Patent number: 4797067
    Abstract: Pumping system with a desilting arrangement having a bidirectional water pump disposed in a housing which has a pump inlet and a pump outlet. The system also has a silt blow-out pipe with a desilting valve therein, connected at one end to the pump outlet and having the other end spaced a certain distance away from the pump inlet and below the water level. Desilting is performed by opening the desilting valve and operating the pump in reverse direction for blowing silt, accumulated at the pump outlet, away.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: M & W Pump Corporation
    Inventors: J. David Eller, Juan E. Ponce