Patents by Inventor Thomas L. Wells

Thomas L. Wells 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: 5322388
    Abstract: A device for monitoring and collecting toxic wastes in underground reservoirs, with no moving parts, is disclosed herein. A pollutant/water separator is supported interior to an outer chamber for protection which is ventilated for communication therethrough. The lower portion of such chamber forms a collection chamber for collected toxins to which still more chambers may be added in modular fashion for greater storage capacity and increased intervals between servicing. The ventilation array is preferably arranged so as to not to permit communication until the assembled device is weighted, and to retain a buoyancy chamber above such array so as to further support such device and to exclude water from the top of the separator without any mechanical seals. By elimination of hydrocarbon-based adhesives, proper selection of materials, and the use of triply-sealing mechanical connections, all chances for the monitoring device to contaminate pure wells and to cause false positive indications are eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Randalette, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas L. Wells
  • Patent number: 5169541
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for inhibiting the unintentional spillage of hazardous materials, particularly while changing filters or other storage media in environments such as service station fuel dispensers and other fuel depots. A preferred embodiment includes mechanisms for permanently attaching such apparatus and securing the same against unintended rotational or translational displacement, as well as collecting and diverting mechanisms and mechanisms to inhibit the improper removal of such filters or storage media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Welex Environmental, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas L. Wells
  • Patent number: 4842132
    Abstract: A device and kit for cleaning generally convex surfaces of lenses of field articles such as hunting scopes, telescopes, cameras and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: Randalette, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas L. Wells