Patents by Inventor Joseph D. Ingram

Joseph D. Ingram 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).

  • Article made out of radioactive or hazardous waste and a method of making the same
    Patent number: 5789648
    Abstract: An article, such as a containment system (10), having sides (12) with walls (2) or (24) is made; in one method by using cast, cooled, melted, radioactive metal components where the melted metal has a specific activity over 130 Bq/g; or by providing a contaminated material in the form of a solid, liquid or mixture, and then mixing the contaminated material, to which no more than about 15 weight % of uncontaminated material has been reacted, with a binder, followed by forming the composition into a containment system and then curing it into a mass which contains both contaminated material, and uncontaminated binder acting as a matrix for the contaminated material. This article need not be a containment system but can be a wide variety of objects which are made out of radioactive waste, hazardous waste, and their mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: The Scientific Ecology Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan A. Roy, Joseph D. Ingram, Hubert W. Arrowsmith, Timothy B. Ramsey
  • Article made out of radioactive or hazardous waste and a method of making the same
    Patent number: 5545796
    Abstract: An article, such as a containment system (10), having sides (12) with walls (2) or (24) is made; in one method by using cast, cooled, melted, radioactive metal components where the melted metal has a specific activity over 130 Bq/g; or by providing a contaminated material in the form of a solid, liquid or mixture, and then mixing the contaminated material, to which no more than about 15 weight % of uncontaminated material has been reacted, with a binder, followed by forming the composition into a containment system and then curing it into a mass which contains both contaminated material, and uncontaminated binder acting as a matrix for the contaminated material. This article need not be a containment system but can be a wide variety of objects which are made out of radioactive waste, hazardous waste, and their mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Scientific Ecology Group
    Inventors: Bryan A. Roy, Joseph D. Ingram, Hubert W. Arrowsmith, Timothy B. Ramsey