Patents by Inventor LEO PETER VAN KAMPEN

LEO PETER VAN KAMPEN 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: 10214880
    Abstract: A greywater recovery and reuse system is shown, including a body for collecting, reconditioning and discharging greywater. The body has an inlet connection to a source of greywater; a filter for filtering the greywater; a tank for receiving the filtered greywater; a disinfector for disinfecting the filtered greywater; a pump for discharging the reconditioned greywater from said tank to a toilet that needs flushing water; a discharge connection to a sanitary sewer system; a fresh water connection and a control system for controlling the operation of the greywater recovery and reuse system. The system includes a controller for operating the system and dealing with certain alarm and status conditions. Methods of operating the system are also comprehended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Inventors: Carl L. Robb, N. Scott Baldwin, James Brian Mantyla, Michael F. Wilson, Stacey Charleen Gay, Timothy James Hendrie Poupore, Leo Peter Van Kampen, Robert Cooke
  • Patent number: 10138138
    Abstract: A greywater recovery and reuse system is shown, including a body for collecting, conditioning and discharging greywater. The body has an inlet connection to a source of greywater; a filter for filtering the greywater; a tank for receiving the filtered greywater; a disinfector for disinfecting the filtered greywater; a pump for discharging the conditioned greywater from said tank to a toilet that needs flushing water; a discharge connection to a sanitary sewer system; a fresh water connection and a control system for controlling the operation of the greywater recovery and reuse system. The system includes a controller for operating the system and dealing with certain alarm and status conditions. Methods of operating the system are also comprehended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventors: Carl L. Robb, N. Scott Baldwin, James Brian Mantyla, Michael F. Wilson, Stacey Charleen Gay, Timothy James Hendrie Poupore, Leo Peter Van Kampen
  • Patent number: 9403278
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting and picking up a waste receptacle, the system being mountable on a waste-collection vehicle, and including an arm for grasping the waste receptacle, a processor, a camera, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and an arm-actuation module. The processor is configured for generating a pose candidate based on an image captured by the camera, verifying that the pose candidate matches a template representation stored on the medium, and calculating a location of the waste receptacle. The arm-actuation module can be configured to automatically move the arm in response to the calculated location, in order to grasp the waste receptacle, lift, and dump the waste receptacle into a waste-collection vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Waterloo Controls Inc.
    Inventors: Leo Peter Van Kampen, Justin Szoke-Sieswerda, Brandon Castellano, Kenneth Alexander McIsaac
  • Publication number: 20160177545
    Abstract: A greywater recovery and reuse system is shown, including a body for collecting, reconditioning and discharging greywater. The body has an inlet connection to a source of greywater; a filter for filtering the greywater; a tank for receiving the filtered greywater; a disinfector for disinfecting the filtered greywater; a pump for discharging the reconditioned greywater from said tank to a toilet that needs flushing water; a discharge connection to a sanitary sewer system; a fresh water connection and a control system for controlling the operation of the greywater recovery and reuse system. The system includes a controller for operating the system and dealing with certain alarm and status conditions. Methods of operating the system are also comprehended.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: CARL L. ROBB, N. SCOTT BALDWIN, JAMES BRIAN MANTYLA, MICHAEL F. WILSON, STACEY CHARLEEN GAY, TIMOTHY JAMES HENDRIE POUPORE, LEO PETER VAN KAMPEN, ROBERT COOKE