Patents by Inventor Michael J. Gallo

Michael J. Gallo 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: 5813200
    Abstract: A packaging and disposal system for sealing waste and related materials within flexible plastic tubing for odorless and sanitary disposal. Improvements in the latch, including the addition of a transverse mounted latch spring, and improvements in the support retention springs serve to increase the ability of the device to operate efficiently and effectively and reduce the potential of accidental spills or other exposure of the waste package. The latch requires two independent motions to actuate and incorporates a transversely mounted latch spring. The reduced cross-sectional area of the retention spring design concentrates force applied to the package to increase the effective holding ability of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Mondial Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Charles J. Jacoby, John R. Hickman, Michael J. Gallo
  • Patent number: 5717147
    Abstract: A carrier supporting multiple filters is inserted jointly with the filters into an air sampler. The carrier includes an indexing structure to ensure correct positioning within the air sampler. A memory device physically associated with the carrier stores sample collection data provided by the air sampler. The stored data can be read by a read/write station at a lab, and transmitted to a processor. The processor also receives a weight reading from a communicating balance for each collected sample, and calculates therefrom mass concentration for each sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Rupprecht & Patashnick Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Lauren R. Basch, Michael J. Gallo
  • Patent number: 5484989
    Abstract: An electronic terminal of the type employing a card reading device mounted within the interior thereof accessible through an input port formed in a wall of the terminal. A shield formed of an elastomeric material is mounted adjacent the input port of the card reader to prevent the entrance of debris into the interior of the terminal. The shield provides at least two opposing movable overlapping flaps extending over the card reader input port. The flaps are readily flexible to allow a card to slide therebetween, and automatically flex back to an overlapping closed position when the card is withdrawn. Locator pins and mating holes are provided in said flaps to assure a consistent return to the closed and sealed position. In one embodiment, the shield is made from two half sections which may be either separated or connected via a flexible bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Khyber Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Rajendra Kumar, Steven E. Brooks, Michael J. Gallo