Patents by Inventor Stephen Reyes

Stephen Reyes 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).

  • Method to locally reround plastic pipe
    Patent number: 6994819
    Abstract: An apparatus for rerounding plastic pipe includes a housing having a pipe passage extending therethrough. The housing has a moveable outer frame top positionable between an open position and a closed position to enclose a pipe to be rerounded. A pair of opposing jaws are positioned within the housing and on opposite sides of the pipe passage and have a generally symmetrical configuration with respect to one another. A drive mechanism is connected with respect to at least one of the jaws for compressing the jaws with respect to each other resulting in compression of the pipe to be rerounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Gas Research Institute
    Inventors: William F. Rush, Jr., Stephen Reyes, Bruce K. Campbell
  • Method and apparatus to locally reround plastic pipe
    Publication number: 20040061259
    Abstract: An apparatus for rerounding plastic pipe includes a housing having a pipe passage extending therethrough. The housing has a moveable outer frame top positionable between an open position and a closed position to enclose a pipe to be rerounded. A pair of opposing jaws are positioned within the housing and on opposite sides of the pipe passage and have a generally symmetrical configuration with respect to one another. A drive mechanism is connected with respect to at least one of the jaws for compressing the jaws with respect to each other resulting in compression of the pipe to be rerounded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: William F. Rush, Stephen Reyes, Bruce K. Campbell