Patents by Inventor Brian M. Singleton

Brian M. Singleton 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).

  • Blow molding machine and a method of blow molding a hollow article
    Patent number: 6558609
    Abstract: A blow molding machine capable of relatively high production rates at relatively low cost is provided. The blow molding machine comprises a base, a reciprocating shuttle mechanism supported by the base, a single blow molding station supported by the base, and adapted to receive a parison for forming the hollow article at the blow molding station, a pair of cooling stations supported by the base on flanking sides of the blow molding station, a pair of blow pin carriages spaced from one another, each of which is connected to the shuttle mechanism and is indexable to the blow molding station and to one of the cooling stations. Each blow pin carriage can comprise one or more blow pin assemblies that are movable independent of the shuttle mechanism between a rest position and a blow position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Ann Arbor Machine Company
    Inventor: Brian M. Singleton
  • Rotary blow molding machine
    Patent number: 6508643
    Abstract: A multi-station rotary blow molding machine suitable for molding hollow articles from a thermoplastic parison is described. Plural, indexable dials present blow mold assemblies for parison insertion at a common, shared parison insertion station. The parisons can be extruded parisons or injection molded preforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Ann Arbor Machine Company
    Inventor: Brian M. Singleton
  • Blow molding machine
    Publication number: 20020182284
    Abstract: A blow molding machine capable of relatively high production rates at relatively low cost is provided. The blow molding machine comprises a base, a reciprocating shuttle mechanism supported by the base, a single blow molding station supported by the base, and adapted to receive a parison for forming the hollow article at the blow molding station, a pair of cooling stations supported by the base on flanking sides of the blow molding station, a pair of blow pin carriages spaced from one another, each of which is connected to the shuttle mechanism and is indexable to the blow molding station and to one of the cooling stations. Each blow pin carriage can comprise one or more blow pin assemblies that are movable independent of the shuttle mechanism between a rest position and a blow position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventor: Brian M. Singleton
  • Rotary blow molding machine
    Publication number: 20020086083
    Abstract: A multi-station rotary blow molding machine suitable for molding hollow articles from a thermoplastic parison is described. Plural, indexable dials present blow mold assemblies for parison insertion at a common, shared parison insertion station. The parisons can be extruded parisons or injection molded preforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventor: Brian M. Singleton