Patents by Inventor Richard R. Kepler

Richard R. Kepler 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).

  • Destructive device
    Patent number: 4205794
    Abstract: A grinder apparatus for destroying disposable hypodermic syringes, needles, and the like having a feeder valve for delivering varying sized objects to a grinder which has a plurality of flexibly connected grinding means attached to a rotating shaft and an arcuate screen cooperating with the grinding means to facilitate comminuting of articles supplied by the feeder means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Inventors: Jack E. Horton, Richard R. Kepler