Patents by Inventor Martin Flaherty

Martin Flaherty 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).

  • Apparatus for disposal of waste motor oil
    Patent number: 5400840
    Abstract: A valve device for transferring waste oil from a reservoir to an emptied oil vending container having a threaded neck includes a vertical barrel having a rotatable fluid-directing member and an entrance tube horizontally emergent from the barrel and extending to a distal extremity. The lower extremity of the barrel is equipped with an annular closure cap adapted to make fluid-tight joinder with the threaded neck. The distal extremity of the entrance tube is adapted to make fluid-tight joinder with the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Inventor: Martin Flaherty