Patents by Inventor Robert A. Edmiston

Robert A. Edmiston 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).

  • Patent number: 4944320
    Abstract: Coating with clinging foam the upper interior walls of a generally horizontal pipe. A high-pressure pump delivers jetting water to a nozzle through a normally reeled hose. The nozzle has a body divided by a pressure-actuated valve into two chambers, the first one having a series of high-pressure jet exits. The valve is normally open and, when the high pressure is off, leads into a second chamber having a foam outlet. Two pump and metering devices and a compressor then deliver water, chemical and air mixed into a damp sloppy foam to the hose and thence to the nozzle. A skid supports the nozzle and has a series of skid rods regularly spaced around it. A gravity-operated device at the outlet is connected to the foam outlet from the nozzle's second chamber and causes expulsion of the foam toward the walls of said pipe lying along a predetermined upper sector only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Airrigation Engineering Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Diana H. Waite, Nathan H. Chance, Jr., Robert A. Edmiston