Patents by Inventor Sergey Miroshnichenko

Sergey Miroshnichenko 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).

  • Sorting plastic bottles for recycling
    Patent number: 5314072
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for sorting plastic bottles for recycling wherein if it is first determined that a bottle is clear, the bottle will be ejected. If the bottle is not determined as being clear, the apparatus or method next determines if the bottle is colored. If the bottle is colored, the bottle will be ejected. The above method may also be accomplished by use of a truth table which analyzes the characteristics of a bottle. Also provided is a detector for detecting the presence of chlorine in a plastic bottle by means of X-ray fluorescence. A sorter device sorts the bottles into small diameter and large diameter bottles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Rutgers, The State University
    Inventors: Henry Frankel, Sergey Miroshnichenko, Jonathan B. Whitlock