Patents by Inventor Neal J. Morrissey

Neal J. Morrissey 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: 4489897
    Abstract: An apparatus for shredding paper by passing the paper or document between a pair of shredding rollers comprising a plurality of spaced cutters characterized by a backup arrangement for at least one of the rollers to prevent bending of the roller and jamming during a shredding operation. The backup arrangement includes at least one yoke member having at least one finger which extends between cutters to engage a spacing portion of the roller to limit the amount of bending thereof so that a document or sheet of paper cannot pass between the rollers without being shredded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: General Binding Corporation
    Inventors: Peter J. Turner, Neal J. Morrissey
  • Patent number: 4335659
    Abstract: A restorable gang apparatus for telephone books which includes a main frame having a top shelf and spaced end plates depending downwardly generally at opposite ends of the shelf with one or more telephone books being normally storable on the bottom side of the shelf. A series of book mounting units are suspended in side by side relation from beneath the top shelf between the spaced end plates when in a storage position. Each unit is comprised of the following elements. An inclined track hanger means suspends the inclined track in an inclined position where an outer end of the track is more elevated than an inner or rearward end of the track. Telephone book carrier structure is disposed beneath and mounted on the telephone book carrier structure. Means are provided for mounting the telephone book onto the telephone book carrier structure. A truck having slidable bearing means is mounted on the track for back and forth movement on the inclined track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1982
    Assignee: General Binding Corporation
    Inventors: Robert N. Azzato, Henry N. Staats, Neal J. Morrissey