Patents by Inventor Ben Bruce

Ben Bruce 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: 8424726
    Abstract: A reusable sealing apparatus for use with a container of an extractable material, the container including a nozzle. The apparatus may include a first sealing member, a second sealing member and a body member including a cavity configured to fit over a portion of a distal end of a nozzle, the body member positioned between the first sealing member and the second sealing member. The apparatus may further include a core member including an insertion tip and an elongate portion, wherein the elongate portion may extend through the body member and at least one of the first sealing member and second sealing member. The first sealing member, the body member and the second sealing member together may substantially seal a nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Inventor: Ben Bruce McClurg
  • Publication number: 20110240686
    Abstract: A reusable sealing apparatus for use with a container of an extractable material, the container including a nozzle. The apparatus may include a first sealing member, a second sealing member and a body member including a cavity configured to fit over a portion of a distal end of a nozzle, the body member positioned between the first sealing member and the second sealing member. The apparatus may further include a core member including an insertion tip and an elongate portion, wherein the elongate portion may extend through the body member and at least one of the first sealing member and second sealing member. The first sealing member, the body member and the second sealing member together may substantially seal a nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Ben Bruce McClurg
  • Publication number: 20050137991
    Abstract: A method of correcting postal name and address information according to the invention includes the step of comparing the name and address information to at least one database of known names and associated addresses to determine if the name and address information matches a known postal recipient. if no match is found, the name and address information is corrected by comparing fields of the name and address information with corresponding fields from the database of known names and addresses, and deducing an incorrect or missing field in the name and address information. An action is then taken using the corrected name and address information, depending on the setting in which the method is used. In most cases, the corrected name and address information will be saved to a computer data storage medium for future use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Ben Bruce, Carlos Macia
  • Patent number: 4108728
    Abstract: An anaerobic liquid storage and transport apparatus including a liquid receiver means for receiving and holding an anaerobic liquid, a gas generator container means having a self-contained gas generator for generating at least a reducing gas, conduit means for supplying gas from the gas generator into the liquid receiver means, conduit means for removing gas from the liquid receiver means, and a catalyst which promotes reaction between the reducing gas, when produced by the gas generator, and oxygen in, from and/or around the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1978
    Assignee: Marion Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest Elliott Spinner, Lowell Donald Miller, Phyllis Eleanor Riely, Carl Fredrick Avery, Jr., Melvin Wayne Hounsell, Ben Bruce Howard