Patents by Inventor Normand Coulombe

Normand Coulombe 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).

  • Device for measuring the internal diameter of a pipe
    Patent number: 6948258
    Abstract: A device being used for measuring the internal diameter of a pipe, which including a tape mounted into a flat elongated body having holes to allow a string to be pulled out of the flat elongated body. The tape includes hole at a first end for connecting a first end of an elastic band and the string to the tape. The flat elongated body includes a tongue having hole for connecting a second end of the elastic band. The string pulls the tape out of the flat elongated body for measuring the internal diameter of the pipe. The tape includes also hole at a second end for connecting a circular member keeping the device at a right angle in bottom of the pipe when reading the diameter of the pipe with the inspection camera, and also blocking the tape at the input of the flat elongated body when the elastic band bringing the tape into the elongated body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Inventor: Normand Coulombe
  • Device for measuring the internal diameter of a pipe with inspection camera
    Publication number: 20050081396
    Abstract: A device being used for measuring the internal diameter of a pipe, which including a tape mounted into a flat elongated body having holes to allow a string to be pulled out of the flat elongated body. The tape includes hole at a first end for connecting a first end of an elastic band and the string to the tape. The flat elongated body includes a tongue having hole for connecting a second end of the elastic band. The string pulls the tape out of the flat elongated body for measuring the internal diameter of the pipe. The tape includes also hole at a second end for connecting a circular member keeping the device at a right angle in bottom of the pipe when reading the diameter of the pipe with the inspection camera, and also blocking the tape at the input of the flat elongated body when the elastic band bringing the tape into the elongated body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventor: Normand Coulombe