Patents by Inventor John W. Noble

John W. Noble 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: 5181619
    Abstract: An apparatus and system for storing and collecting separated solid waste. The apparatus is a chambered container which includes a container body defining a first chamber for receiving a first waste, and a lid covering an open end of the body. The lid includes a base portion for defining a second chamber for receiving a second waste and a cover for covering the base portion. The system further includes a collection vehicle divided into two compartments, a robot arm for hoisting the chambered container up and over the vehicle, and a pair of guide rails for engaging the lid of the container for causing the contents of the first chamber to fall into one compartment of the vehicle and for causing the contents of the second chamber to fall into the other compartment of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Inventor: John W. Noble
  • Patent number: 5100005
    Abstract: A trash bag for recyclable waste which will eliminate a second collection of recyclables and having color or another type of code thereon to permit the bag to be identified and separated from trash bags containing ordinary trash, and a system and method for collecting recyclable waste. The trash bag is designed to be placed in the normal trash collection stream along with bags of ordinary trash and to be delivered to an existing landfill or incinerator or to another separation location at which identification and separation of the bags from the bags of ordinary trash is accomplished. According to the invention, identification and separation of the bags of recyclable trash can be performed manually or in an automated manner at the landfill, incinerator, or other separation location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Plastics Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Noble, James Boule
  • Patent number: 4511691
    Abstract: Mono- and di-2-hydroxyethane sulfonate derivatives and 2-aminoethane sulfonate derivatives of C.sub.21 -cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acid having the general formula ##STR1## where x and y are integers from 3 to 9, x and y together equal 12, R is ##STR2## and M.sup.+ is an alkali metal, ammonium or amine cation, are disclosed as emulsion polymerization emulsifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventor: John W. Noble
  • Patent number: 4455263
    Abstract: Mono- and di-2-hydroxyethane sulfonate derivatives and 2-aminoethane sulfonate derivatives of C.sub.21 -cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acid having the general formula ##STR1## where x and y are integers from 3 to 9, x and y together equal 12, R is ##STR2## and M.sup.+ is an alkali metal, ammonium or amine cation, are disclosed as emulsion polymerization emulsifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1984
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventor: John W. Noble