Patents by Inventor Robert R. McCarthy

Robert R. McCarthy 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).

  • Storage tank and floating roof with a gauge well having a floating seal therein
    Patent number: 4260068
    Abstract: A floating vapor seal is suspended in a slotted gauge well that extends through a floating roof of a petroleum product storage tank. It has a flexible, product resistant layer that contacts the inside walls of the gauge well near the level of product in the well. The floating roof contacts the product around the gauge well and has a seal between it and the outside of the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. McCarthy, John J. Lipinski