Patents by Inventor Franklin John Schaefer, Jr.

Franklin John Schaefer, Jr. 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).

  • MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL AND CONTAINER WASHING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20250099690
    Abstract: A medical waste disposal and container washing system includes loading and unloading stations, the loading station configured for placing a medical waste container on a conveyor system. An inversion station is located downstream along the conveyor system, operable to reorient the container from a first orientation in which medical waste is retained to a second orientation in which the medical waste is discharged from the medical waste container by gravity as the medical waste container is moved within the inversion station. A first wash station along the conveyor system washes an interior of the container that has been reoriented. A second wash station is located downstream along the conveyor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew S. LaTorre, Paul Joseph Gulczynski, Keith William Hiss, Jeremy Ryan Salkin, Franklin John Schaefer, JR.
  • Medical waste disposal and container washing system
    Patent number: 12161852
    Abstract: A medical waste disposal and container washing system includes loading and unloading stations, the loading station configured for placing a medical waste container on a conveyor system. An inversion station is located downstream along the conveyor system, operable to reorient the container from a first orientation in which medical waste is retained to a second orientation in which the medical waste is discharged from the medical waste container by gravity as the medical waste container is moved within the inversion station. A first wash station along the conveyor system washes an interior of the container that has been reoriented. A second wash station is located downstream along the conveyor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Stericycle, Inc
    Inventors: Matthew S. LaTorre, Paul Joseph Gulczynski, Keith William Hiss, Jeremy Ryan Salkin, Franklin John Schaefer, Jr.
  • MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL AND CONTAINER WASHING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230166049
    Abstract: A medical waste disposal and container washing system includes loading and unloading stations, the loading station configured for placing a medical waste container on a conveyor system. An inversion station is located downstream along the conveyor system, operable to reorient the container from a first orientation in which medical waste is retained to a second orientation in which the medical waste is discharged from the medical waste container by gravity as the medical waste container is moved within the inversion station. A first wash station along the conveyor system washes an interior of the container that has been reoriented. A second wash station is located downstream along the conveyor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew S. LaTorre, Paul Joseph Gulczynski, Keith William Hiss, Jeremy Ryan Salkin, Franklin John Schaefer, Jr.
  • Medical waste disposal and container washing system
    Patent number: 11357928
    Abstract: A medical waste disposal and container washing system includes loading and unloading stations, the loading station configured for placing a medical waste container on a conveyor system. An inversion station is located downstream along the conveyor system, operable to reorient the container from a first orientation in which medical waste is retained to a second orientation in which the medical waste is discharged from the medical waste container by gravity as the medical waste container is moved within the inversion station. A first wash station along the conveyor system washes an interior of the container that has been reoriented. A second wash station is located downstream along the conveyor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: STERICYCLE, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew S. LaTorre, Paul Joseph Gulczynski, Keith William Hiss, Jeremy Ryan Salkin, Franklin John Schaefer, Jr.