Patents by Inventor Joseph L. Cole

Joseph L. Cole 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).

  • Can crushing apparatus
    Patent number: 5287803
    Abstract: A cylindrical housing includes a piston displaceable therewithin, wherein the piston includes a piston plate mounted to an opposed end of a piston rod, wherein the piston plate is in operative communication and directed through a guide tube having a tube floor to effect crushing of an associated can member directed between the piston plate and the guide tube floor. Feet structure is arranged to intersect the guide tube between the piston plate and the guide tube floor to properly position a can member to effect crushing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Inventor: Joseph L. Cole