Patents by Inventor Taylor E Rycroft

Taylor E Rycroft 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: 12378846
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for cleaning a well includes (i) an ultraviolet (UV) light emitting device and/or (ii) a first brush connected with an abrasion device motor to drive the first brush in rotation around a longitudinal axis of the first brush. A cable reel and a cable are connected with (i) the UV light emitting device to power the UV light emitting device, to lower the UV light emitting device into the well, and to raise the UV light emitting device from the well; and/or (ii) the first brush and the abrasion device motor, to power the abrasion device motor, to lower the first brush and the abrasion device motor into the well, and to raise the first brush and the abrasion device motor from the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
    Inventors: Taylor E Rycroft, Zachariah E Tomberg, Griffin Donohue
  • Publication number: 20240336498
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a flotation apparatus for treating a liquid medium includes a flotation body; one or more UV lamps connected to the flotation body to be submerged in the liquid medium from the flotation body; and a filter screen connected to the flotation body to be submerged in the liquid medium upstream of the one or more UV lamps. The filter screen extends downward below a surface of the liquid medium to a lowest level which is disposed at or below a lowest level of the one or more UV lamps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Taylor E Rycroft, Griffin Donohue