Patents by Inventor J. Russell Gnau, III

J. Russell Gnau, III 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).

  • Patent number: 5687839
    Abstract: A container for disposing of hazardous wastes including an inner receptacle adapted to receive and contain the hazardous wastes or etiological agents and an impact resistent outer container with the inner receptacle disposed within the outer container. The container further includes a fluid barrier located between the inner receptacle and the outer container. The fluid barrier acts as an intermediate containment to minimize fluid from passing from the inner receptacle to the outer container in the event the inner receptacle is ruptured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Inventors: J. Russell Gnau, III, Michael P. Gnau, Vincent Americo Valvona, John R. Gnau, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5511657
    Abstract: A container for disposing of hazardous wastes including an inner receptacle adapted to receive and contain the hazardous wastes or etiological agents and an impact resistent outer container with the inner receptacle disposed within the outer container. The container further includes a fluid barrier located between the inner receptacle and the outer container. The fluid barrier acts as an intermediate containment to minimize fluid from passing from the inner receptacle to the outer container in the event the inner receptacle is ruptured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Inventors: J. Russell Gnau, III, Michael P. Gnau, Vincent A. Valvona, John R. Gnau, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5330142
    Abstract: A mobile support frame for supporting radiation detection equipment used to detect radiation from material passed through the frame including a base structure and at least one support member extending substantially upward from the base with at least one detector mount movably supported along the support member such that the detector mount may be located at a plurality of positions along the support member. A radiation detector probe is operatively mounted on the detector mount. The detector mount is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the support member such that the radiation detection equipment may be orientated in a plurality of positions about said perpendicular axis to monitor the radioactivity from material passed through the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Hot-Sci, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Russell Gnau, III