Patents by Inventor Richard A. Vater

Richard A. Vater 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).

  • Protection ring for limiting the width of cracks in a storage tank wall
    Patent number: 4308967
    Abstract: Large openings in a storage tank wall caused by cracks appearing therein are prevented by surrounding such wall with a plurality of rings which are spaced apart from the wall to be structurally independent of that wall. Such structurally independent rings are not susceptible to stressing forces exerted on the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1982
    Assignee: Pittsburgh-Des Moines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Vater, John Terlesky