Patents by Inventor Tom Bell

Tom Bell 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: 11027986
    Abstract: An environmental waste water filtering system, including a bucket, the inside of which tapers into a funnel portion that leads to a strainer. The funnel has an exit tube that extends 3 inches below the bucket wall and may be inserted into a drain such as a toilet drain pipe. The inside of the bucket and funnel portion forms a fluid debris chamber. When fluid containing particulate matter is poured into the fluid debris chamber, the particulate matter is removed from the fluid portion as the fluid passes through the strainer and then into the toilet drain pipe. Once all fluid drains from the fluid debris chamber, the captured debris may be poured into a trash bag and disposed of. Optionally, a disposable straining filter bag may be positioned in the fluid debris chamber so that even finer particulate matter is removed from the fluid for disposal with the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: Bryce Paul Bell, Tom Bell
  • Publication number: 20200189931
    Abstract: An environmental waste water filtering system, including a bucket, the inside of which tapers into a funnel portion that leads to a strainer. The funnel has an exit tube that extends 3 inches below the bucket wall and may be inserted into a drain such as a toilet drain pipe. The inside of the bucket and funnel portion forms a fluid debris chamber. When fluid containing particulate matter is poured into the fluid debris chamber, the particulate matter is removed from the fluid portion as the fluid passes through the strainer and then into the toilet drain pipe. Once all fluid drains from the fluid debris chamber, the captured debris may be poured into a trash bag and disposed of. Optionally, a disposable straining filter bag may be positioned in the fluid debris chamber so that even finer particulate matter is removed from the fluid for disposal with the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Bryce Paul Bell, Tom Bell
  • Patent number: 10532933
    Abstract: An environmental waste water filtering system, including a bucket, the inside of which tapers into a funnel portion that leads to a strainer. The funnel has an exit tube that extends 3 inches below the bucket wall and may be inserted into a drain such as a toilet drain pipe. The inside of the bucket and funnel portion forms a fluid debris chamber. When fluid containing particulate matter is poured into the fluid debris chamber, the particulate matter is removed from the fluid portion as the fluid passes through the strainer and then into the toilet drain pipe. Once all fluid drains from the fluid debris chamber, the captured debris may be poured into a trash bag and disposed of. Optionally, a disposable straining filter bag may be positioned in the fluid debris chamber so that even finer particulate matter is removed from the fluid for disposal with the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventors: Bryce Paul Bell, Tom Bell
  • Publication number: 20180272256
    Abstract: An environmental waste water filtering system, including a bucket, the inside of which tapers into a funnel portion that leads to a strainer. The funnel has an exit tube that extends 3 inches below the bucket wall and may be inserted into a drain such as a toilet drain pipe. The inside of the bucket and funnel portion forms a fluid debris chamber. When fluid containing particulate matter is poured into the fluid debris chamber, the particulate matter is removed from the fluid portion as the fluid passes through the strainer and then into the toilet drain pipe. Once all fluid drains from the fluid debris chamber, the captured debris may be poured into a trash bag and disposed of. Optionally, a disposable straining filter bag may be positioned in the fluid debris chamber so that even finer particulate matter is removed from the fluid for disposal with the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Bryce Paul Bell, Tom Bell
  • Patent number: 7006474
    Abstract: A channelizing receiver is provided with a plurality of channel receivers for monitoring respective segments of a frequency band being monitored by the channelizing receiver. Each channel receiver includes a channel processor for detecting an electromagnetic signal, measuring the peak amplitude of the electromagnetic signal and comparing this peak amplitude with the peak amplitudes for the electromagnetic signal detected by adjacent channel receivers. Data responsive to a detected signal is transmitted from a channel receiver only if the channel receiver's measured peak amplitude is higher than that for the adjacent channel receivers. The data include an estimate of the frequency and bandwidth of the detected signal made by the channel receiver transmitting the data based upon an assessment of the relative peak amplitudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Rumsey Oates, John Paul Johnston, Tom Bell Chamberlain
  • Publication number: 20030096586
    Abstract: A channelizing receiver is provided with a plurality of channel receivers for monitoring respective segments of a frequency band being monitored by the channelizing receiver. Each channel receiver includes a channel processor for detecting an electromagnetic signal, measuring the peak amplitude of the electromagnetic signal and comparing this peak amplitude with the peak amplitudes for the electromagnetic signal detected by adjacent channel receivers. Data responsive to a detected signal is transmitted from a channel receiver only if the channel receiver's measured peak amplitude is higher than that for the adjacent channel receivers. The data include an estimate of the frequency and bandwidth of the detected signal made by the channel receiver transmitting the data based upon an assessment of the relative peak amplitudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Edward Rumsey Oates, John Paul Johnston, Tom Bell Chamberlain