Patents by Inventor Klaas Alexander Nicolai

Klaas Alexander Nicolai 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).

  • Publication number: 20140054525
    Abstract: The pipe travelling apparatus (100) for travelling through a curved sewerage pipe and for performing a task in said pipe comprises a first segment (101) and a second segment (102), each comprising a body (101, 102) provided with a sliding surface (108, 109) for sliding along an inner bottom surface of a pipe, said first and second segment mutually coupled by a bendable coupling member (120). The apparatus further comprises a tool (161, 150, 171, 172) suitable for performing said task in the pipe and provided in or to at least one of said first segment (101) and said second segment (102). The apparatus further comprises a driving means (130) coupled to said first and/or second segment (101, 102), such as a driving cable. The pipe travelling apparatus (100) is intended for transportation of a cable (90) into the pipe, and for fastening cable fastening elements (10) attached to said cable (90) to an inner wall of said pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: JELCER-IP B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Gerhardus Spijker, Klaas Alexander Nicolai
  • Publication number: 20140027689
    Abstract: A guide member (40) comprises a sleeve (41) for positioning into an entrance (15A) of a first branch pipe (20A) in a sewerage system, which entrance (15a) provides access to a main pipe (10), wherein a telecommunication cable system is inserted into said sewerage system, which telecommunication cable system comprising a cable trunk (2) present in the main pipe (10) and housing a plurality of cables (1A, 1B), of which plurality of cables a first cable (1A) extending into the first branch pipe (20A), wherein a first aperture (3) is present in said cable trunk (2) at or near the entrance (15A) of the first branch pipe (20A) through which the first cable (1A) leaves the cable trunk (2), which said guide member (40) comprises a trunk support part (42) projecting into the main pipe (10) and positioning the cable trunk (2) in a desired angular position near the entrance (15A) of the first branch pipe (20A), which guide member (40) further comprises a cable guide (45) for supporting the first cable (1A) at an outside
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: JELCER-IP B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Gerhardus Spijker, Klaas Alexander Nicolai