Patents by Inventor Elliot Kracko

Elliot Kracko 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).

  • Publication number: 20110172075
    Abstract: A clean dry white glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a substantial fraction of non-glass items, by employing glass pulverizing equipment to reduce waste glass to small fragments, allowing removal of trash, employing a multistep washing process to clean the glass fragments, in the preferred embodiment using aggregate cleaning equipment, drying the fragments, preferably using fluidized bed techniques, and grinding the glass to a desired particle size, preferably using a ball mill, in combination with an air classification step to produce a bright white glass powder of uniform particle size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Louis P. Grasso, JR., Louis P. Grasso, SR., Patrick S. Grasso, SR., Elliot Kracko, Cynthia A. Andela
  • Patent number: 7931220
    Abstract: A clean dry white glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a substantial fraction of non-glass items, by employing glass pulverizing equipment to reduce waste glass to small fragments, allowing removal of trash, employing a multistep washing process to clean the glass fragments, in the preferred embodiment using aggregate cleaning equipment, drying the fragments, preferably using fluidized bed techniques, and grinding the glass to a desired particle size, preferably using a ball mill, in combination with an air classification step to produce a bright white glass powder of uniform particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Empire Resource Recovery, LLC
    Inventors: Louis P. Grasso, Jr., Louis P. Grasso, Sr., Patrick S. Grasso, Sr., Elliot Kracko, Cynthia A. Andela
  • Patent number: 7775466
    Abstract: A clean dry glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a substantial fraction of non-glass items, by employing glass pulverizing equipment to reduce waste glass to small fragments, allowing removal of trash, employing a multistep washing process to clean the glass fragments, in the preferred embodiment using aggregate cleaning equipment, drying the fragments, preferably using fluidized bed techniques, and grinding the glass to a desired particle size, preferably using a ball mill, in combination with an air classification step to produce a glass powder of uniform particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Empire Resource Recovery LLC
    Inventors: Louis P. Grasso, Jr., Louis P. Grasso, Sr., Patrick S. Grasso, Sr., Elliot Kracko, Cynthia A. Andela, Ralph J. Acampora
  • Publication number: 20090283018
    Abstract: A clean dry white glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a substantial fraction of non-glass items, by employing glass pulverizing equipment to reduce waste glass to small fragments, allowing removal of trash, employing a multistep washing process to clean the glass fragments, in the preferred embodiment using aggregate cleaning equipment, drying the fragments, preferably using fluidized bed techniques, and grinding the glass to a desired particle size, preferably using a ball mill, in combination with an air classification step to produce a bright white glass powder of uniform particle size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Louis P. Grasso, JR., Louis P. Grasso, SR., Patrick S. Grasso, SR., Elliot Kracko, Cynthia A. Andela
  • Publication number: 20080308659
    Abstract: A clean dry glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a substantial fraction of non-glass items, by employing glass pulverizing equipment to reduce waste glass to small fragments, allowing removal of trash, employing a multistep washing process to clean the glass fragments, in the preferred embodiment using aggregate cleaning equipment, drying the fragments, preferably using fluidized bed techniques, and grinding the glass to a desired particle size, preferably using a ball mill, in combination with an air classification step to produce a glass powder of uniform particle size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Louis P. Grasso, JR., Louis P. Grasso, SR., Patrick S. Grasso, SR., Elliot Kracko, Cynthia A. Andela
  • Publication number: 20080295740
    Abstract: A clean dry glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a substantial fraction of non-glass items, by employing glass pulverizing equipment to reduce waste glass to small fragments, allowing removal of trash, employing a multistep washing process to clean the glass fragments, in the preferred embodiment using aggregate cleaning equipment, drying the fragments, preferably using fluidized bed techniques, and grinding the glass to a desired particle size, preferably using a ball mill, in combination with an air classification step to produce a glass powder of uniform particle size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Louis P. Grasso, JR., Louis P. Grasso, SR., Patrick S. Grasso, SR., Elliot Kracko, Cynthia A. Andela, Ralph J. Acampora
  • Patent number: 7413602
    Abstract: A clean dry glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a subsatantial fraction of non-glass items, by employing glass pulverizing equipment to reduce waste glass to small fragments, allowing removal of trash, employing a multistep washing process to clean the glass fragments, in the preferred embodiment using aggregate cleaning equipment, drying the fragments, preferably using fluidized bed techniques, and grinding the glass to a desired particle size, preferably using a ball mill, in combination with an air classification step to produce a glass powder of uniform particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Empire Resource Recovery LLC
    Inventors: Louis P. Grasso, Jr., Louis P. Grasso, Sr., Patrick S. Grasso, Sr., Elliot Kracko, Cynthia A. Andela, Ralph J. Acampora
  • Publication number: 20060130707
    Abstract: A clean dry glass powder useful as a substitute for Portland cement in concrete, in paints, and for other known uses for glass powder produced conventionally can be produced from unsorted post-consumer waste glass, including a subsatantial fraction of non-glass items, by employing glass pulverizing equipment to reduce waste glass to small fragments, allowing removal of trash, employing a multistep washing process to clean the glass fragments, in the preferred embodiment using aggregate cleaning equipment, drying the fragments, preferably using fluidized bed techniques, and grinding the glass to a desired particle size, preferably using a ball mill, in combination with an air classification step to produce a glass powder of uniform particle size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Louis Grasso, Louis Grasso, Patrick Grasso, Elliot Kracko, Cynthia Andela, Ralph Acampora