Patents by Inventor Richard Stuart Jenkins

Richard Stuart Jenkins 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).

  • Oil spill recovery method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4038182
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recovering an immiscible oily substance spread as an oily film over the surface of a body of water by forming a vortex in the water mass to attract the oily film substance and water in the vicinity of the vortex to flow into the vortex and flowing the attracted oily film substance and water from the vortex to a quiescent zone to enable separation of the oily film substance and water. The separated oily film substance is retained in a receiver and recovered from the receiver as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Inventor: Richard Stuart Jenkins