Patents by Inventor Carolyn Shapiro
Carolyn Shapiro 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).
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Patent number: 10842307Abstract: A kitchen tool having a straight blade peeler, a gouge and a base having at least one blade for trimming a root or crown from a vegetable. The at least one blade can be within a cavity in the base or in a cavity at an end of a handle. In a further example embodiment, the at least one blade is a pair of blades configured as a scissors or as a chopper.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Inventor: Carolyn Shapiro-Wall
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Publication number: 20170066359Abstract: Dump truck bodies are mounted to truck frames by a hinge so the truck body can pivot about the hinge to eject a load from the truck body. Loads carried by these vehicles can be extreme and the cyclical stress can generate cracks in the hinges. An upper pivoting connection of a dump truck hinge has side members each with a mounting portion that join to the sides of rails of the body and a lower pivot portion. The upper hinge structure is pinned to a lower hinge portion on the truck chassis at the pivot portion. Bracing between the sides add strength to the pivoting connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Ian Rissman, Matthew J. Dunford, Paul L. Heaphy, Gordon Simpson, Po-Shen Paul Chou, Carolyn Shapiro (Deceased), Darrin Harding, Thomas J. McCall, Ryan J. Kreitzberg
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Patent number: 9115742Abstract: Improved connection systems for pinned connections are disclosed. Although the connection systems may be utilized in dragline excavating systems, the connection systems may also be utilized for pinned connections in a variety of other types of mining, dredging, forestry, and construction equipment. An insert utilized in the connections systems has a frustroconical shape that joins with an aperture in an element being joined by the connection system.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: ESCO CorporationInventors: Robert McClanahan, Carolyn Shapiro, Robin K Churchill
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Publication number: 20130280012Abstract: Improved connection systems for pinned connections are disclosed. Although the connection systems may be utilized in dragline excavating systems, the connection systems may also be utilized for pinned connections in a variety of other types of mining, dredging, forestry, and construction equipment. An insert utilized in the connections systems has a frustroconical shape that joins with an aperture in an element being joined by the connection system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Robert McClanahan, Carolyn Shapiro, Robin K. Churchill
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Patent number: 8469622Abstract: Improved connection systems for pinned connections are disclosed. Although the connection systems may be utilized in dragline excavating systems, the connection systems may also be utilized for pinned connections in a variety of other types of mining, dredging, forestry, and construction equipment. An insert utilized in the connections systems has a frustroconical shape that joins with an aperture in an element being joined by the connection system.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2008Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: ESCO CorporationInventors: Robert McClanahan, Carolyn Shapiro, Robin K Churchill
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Publication number: 20090136291Abstract: Improved connection systems for pinned connections are disclosed Although the connection systems may be utilized in dragline excavating systems, the connection systems may also be utilized for pinned connections in a variety of other types of mining, dredging, forestry, and construction equipment. An insert utilized in the connections systems has a frustroconical shape that joins with an aperture in an element being joined by the connection system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: ESCO CorporationInventors: Robert McClanahan, Carolyn Shapiro, Robin K. Churchill
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Patent number: 7526886Abstract: A wear assembly for protecting the digging edge of a bucket which includes a wear member having a lock-receiving hole in one leg and an upstanding rib along the other leg. The rib extends axially along the leg to be received into a slot in a base fixed to the lip of the bucket. The rib has a rear end that engages the base to hold the rear end of the rib between the base and the lip. The wear member further includes an interior surface that has a front portion formed with a curve to wrap around the digging edge and a plurality of stabilizing surfaces. The lock has a latch and a threaded wedge received into the passage to move the latch to its holding position to maintain the lock in the assembly during use.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2007Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Esco CorporationInventors: Robert McClanahan, Phil Metschan, Carolyn Shapiro
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Publication number: 20080092413Abstract: A wear assembly for protecting the digging edge of a bucket which includes a wear member having a lock-receiving hole in one leg and an upstanding rib along the other leg. The rib extends axially along the leg to be received into a slot in a base fixed to the lip of the bucket. The rib has a rear end that engages the base to hold the rear end of the rib between the base and the lip. The wear member further includes an interior surface that has a front portion formed with a curve to wrap around the digging edge and a plurality of stabilizing surfaces. The lock has a latch and a threaded wedge received into the passage to move the latch to its holding position to maintain the lock in the assembly during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: ESCO CorporationInventors: Robert McClanahan, Phil Metschan, Carolyn Shapiro
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Patent number: 5690898Abstract: A method for treating a gaseous effluent from a supercritical water oxidation reactor containing entrained solids is provided comprising the steps of expanding the gas/solids effluent from a first to a second lower pressure at a temperature at which no liquid condenses; separating the solids from the gas effluent; neutralizing the effluent to remove any acid gases; condensing the effluent; and retaining the purified effluent to the supercritical water oxidation reactor.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1995Date of Patent: November 25, 1997Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of EnergyInventors: Charles M. Barnes, Carolyn Shapiro
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Patent number: 5205069Abstract: A high speed door assembly, comprising an actuator cylinder and piston rods, a pressure supply cylinder and fittings, an electrically detonated explosive bolt, a honeycomb structured door, a honeycomb structured decelerator, and a structural steel frame encasing the assembly to close over a 3 foot diameter opening within 50 milliseconds of actuation, to contain hazardous materials and vapors within a test fixture.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 1991Date of Patent: April 27, 1993Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of EnergyInventor: Carolyn Shapiro