Patents by Inventor Michel Giot

Michel Giot 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).

  • Nodule dredging apparatus and process
    Patent number: 4147390
    Abstract: Nodule dredge comprising one or more of the following: convergent wall device, e.g., "horn member", for accelerating liquid flow through the apparatus; comb or grid-like collecting or lifting device that can lift nodules into accelerated flow without necessarily lifting an entire layer of silt, especially where silt is relatively loose; inclined surface to receive and raise nodules driven down stream by accelerated flow, while silt is removed; and collection chamber below nodule path defined by inclined surface, to receive nodules from inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1979
    Assignee: Union Miniere S.A.
    Inventors: Jacques Deliege, Michel Giot, Vsevolod Obolensky, Luc Deconinck, Marc Lejeune