Patents by Inventor George Foo

George Foo 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).

  • Method of reclaiming component materials
    Patent number: 4442582
    Abstract: Component materials of an article having a metallic element encased within a brittle bulb are reclaimed by passing the article between two rotating rollers spaced apart a distance less than a dimension of the bulb but greater than a dimension of the metallic element thereby shattering the bulb without altering the structure of the metallic element. The shattered brittle bulb material is then separated from the metallic element as with a magnetic separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignees: AT&T Technologies, Inc., Nassau Recycle Corporation
    Inventors: George Foo, Raymond W. Grodkiewicz, Stanley E. Kubis, Gordon C. Lindsay