Patents by Inventor Robert Gastaldi

Robert Gastaldi 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).

  • Ship Including a Device for Recovering Floating Objects
    Publication number: 20140165894
    Abstract: A ship comprising a hull at the bow of which an opening is formed, and on each side of said opening a recovery device designed to recover floating objects and guide them towards said opening, each recovering device comprising: a rigid vane having meshes sized so as to not allow the floating objects to pass but to allow water to pass, said vane being designed to adopt a stowed position in which it is out of the water, a collection position in which it is immersed and disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to the direction of the advance of the ship and upstream of the opening, and a recovery position in which it is immersed and disposed in a plane substantially parallel to the direction of advance of the ship and upstream of the opening, and a control device mounted on the hull, and on which said vane is mounted, and which comprises means for ensuring the passage successively from the stowed position to the collection position and then to the recovery position and from the recovery position to the col
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ECOCEANE
    Inventors: Robert Gastaldi, Nicolas Autrel
  • Device for picking up objects floating on the water, such as hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 8608959
    Abstract: A device for picking up floating objects on the water, such as hydrocarbons, has an envelope made of a flexible material impervious to water and to the floating objects, having a mouth at the upstream end and a discharge orifice at the downstream end, a folding rigid framework, arranged inside the envelope and attached thereto at the mouth and at the discharge orifice, at least one inflatable tube attached to the envelope and running along the length of the envelope, and a compressed-gas generation device designed to inflate the or each inflatable tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Inventor: Robert Gastaldi
  • DEVICE FOR PICKING UP OBJECTS FLOATING ON THE WATER, SUCH AS HYDROCARBONS
    Publication number: 20110303601
    Abstract: A device for picking up floating objects on the water, such as hydrocarbons, has an envelope made of a flexible material impervious to water and to the floating objects, having a mouth at the upstream end and a discharge orifice at the downstream end, a folding rigid framework, arranged inside the envelope and attached thereto at the mouth and at the discharge orifice, at least one inflatable tube attached to the envelope and running along the length of the envelope, and a compressed-gas generation device designed to inflate the or each inflatable tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Gastaldi