Patents by Inventor Robert J. Ohneck

Robert J. Ohneck 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: 4435292
    Abstract: Vertical and/or horizontal perforated pipes are embedded in the soil around an area of the earth which has been contaminated by a spill and these pipes are connected in a closed portable system with a pressure pump in series with an evacuator having a separator and scrubber. Thus some of the perforated pipes, preferably those surrounding the contaminated area, can have a flushing fluid forced into the soil below the area to flush out the contamination, and the other perforated pipes in and near the bottom of the contaminated soil in the area can be connected to the evacuators for sucking out the contaminated flushing fluid. The engine for driving the pump may be an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, or a hydraulic motor connected by pipes to a remote motor pump generator when noise and/or fire hazard is involved. The system maintains a positive pressure on the input perforated pipes and a negative pressure on the outlet perforated pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1984
    Assignee: KBI Corp.
    Inventors: James L. Kirk, Robert J. Ohneck