Patents by Inventor Robert Jacques Labelle

Robert Jacques Labelle 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).

  • Post closure for a tank and method of retrofitting a tank with the same
    Patent number: 6173854
    Abstract: A port closure and method of installing the same. The port closure includes, in combination, a tank, a closure member and an actuator. The tank has defining walls, an exterior surface, an interior surface, an interior cavity and an access port. The closure member is disposed within the interior cavity of the tank. The closure member has an access port engaging face that is larger than a cross-sectional area of the access port. The actuator is coupled with the closure member and moves the closure member between a first position in which the access port engaging face closes the access port and a second position laterally spaced from the access port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Inventors: Robert Jacques Labelle, Richard Donald Lyseng
  • Port closure for a tank
    Patent number: 6105805
    Abstract: A port closure is a combination which includes a tank, a closure member and an actuator. The tank has defining walls, an exterior surface, an interior surface, an interior cavity and an access port. The closure member is disposed within the interior cavity of the tank. The closure member has an access port engaging face that is larger than a cross-sectional area of the access port. The actuator is coupled with the closure member and moves the closure member between a first position in which the access port engaging face closes the access port and a second position laterally spaced from the access port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Inventors: Robert Jacques Labelle, Richard Donald Lyseng