Patents by Inventor Matthew S. Wyatt

Matthew S. Wyatt 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).

  • Non-entry tank cleaning
    Patent number: 10005613
    Abstract: A method for removing sludge from a crude oil storage tank comprising a bottom and a moveable roof configured to float on the top of a quantity of crude oil disposed in said storage tank, where the method includes reducing a volume of crude oil in the storage tank to about a level of a sludge sediment in the storage tank, measuring a topology of the sludge disposed on said bottom, reliquefying asphaltene deposits, pumping the reliquefying asphaltene deposits out of the storage tank, wherein the method is performed without the entry of one or more persons into said storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: HCDI HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Nicholas Castellano, Matthew S. Wyatt
  • Non-Entry Tank Cleaning
    Publication number: 20140027455
    Abstract: A method for removing sludge from a crude oil storage tank comprising a bottom and a moveable roof configured to float on the top of a quantity of crude oil disposed in said storage tank, where the method includes reducing a volume of crude oil in the storage tank to about a level of a sludge sediment in the storage tank, measuring a topology of the sludge disposed on said bottom, reliquefying asphaltene deposits, pumping the reliquefying asphaltene deposits out of the storage tank, wherein the method is performed without the entry of one or more persons into said storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Nicholas Castellano, Matthew S. Wyatt