Patents by Inventor Reginald Sidney Taylor

Reginald Sidney Taylor 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).

  • Pre-stressing of concrete pressure vessels
    Patent number: 4121780
    Abstract: A temporary platform encircling a concrete pressure vessel carries endless rails on which a mobile unit runs. The unit has a supply drum from which is drawn pre-stressing wire anchored at its free end in one of many channels in the outside wall of the vessel. The wire leaves the unit via a tensioning unit and a payout sheave both carried by the mobile unit. Hoist ropes fixed at intervals around the platform and connected to winches lift and lower the platform to locate the sheave at the level of each channel in turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Assignee: Taylor Woodrow Construction Limited
    Inventors: Reginald Sidney Taylor, Reginald Edwin Downton Burrow, John Morton Mason, John Richard Portas, William David Thomas
  • Articulated joints for deep water installations
    Patent number: 4069682
    Abstract: An articulated joint for a deep water installation in which two structural members are connected by flexible tendons and there is access from one of the members to the other via a hollow shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Assignee: Taylor Woodrow Construction Limited
    Inventors: Reginald Sidney Taylor, Reginald Edward Dowton Burrow