Patents by Inventor Maurice E. Ginniff

Maurice E. Ginniff 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).

  • Facilities for the examination of radioactive bodies
    Patent number: 4394895
    Abstract: A facility for the examination of radioactive bodies in which carriages, each transporting one or more radioactive bodies, travel along a shielded passage to bring the bodies to examination stations spaced along the passage. The transverse sectional dimensions of the passage are not much larger than the corresponding dimensions of the carriages in order to maintain the radioactive region as small as possible. Equipment for the examination of the radioactive bodies is located outside the shielded passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1983
    Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
    Inventors: Maurice E. Ginniff, Eric K. Richardson