Patents by Inventor Robert Mennella

Robert Mennella 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).

  • Pneumatic ram pipe replacement
    Patent number: 5282696
    Abstract: An adapter on the nose of a pneumatic ram engages the end of an underground pipe and under the action of the ram drives the pipe ahead of it for removal. The adapter has a frusto-conical channel at the larger diameter end of a frusto-conical region of a nose section for receiving the end of a pipe upon radial expansion of the pipe end to thereby secure the adapter to the pipe while preventing excessive radial expansion of the pipe end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Inventors: Jim Solomon, Robert Zlokovitz, Robert Mennella