Patents by Inventor Eric P. Weil

Eric P. Weil 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: 4819883
    Abstract: An apparatus for breaking a bottle having opposite ends and a portion intermediate the ends, the apparatus comprising a pair of V-shaped walls having respective apexes extending transversely relative to each other for supporting the bottle only adjacent the ends of the bottle so that the intermediate portion of the bottle is unsupported, and a bottle breaking member movable toward the walls and the bottle so that the member strikes the unsupported portion of the bottle and breaks the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Galland Henning Nopak, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Weil, Matthew T. Boswell
  • Patent number: 4786000
    Abstract: A bottle breaking apparatus comprising a bottle breaking member including a plate, and a punch extending outwardly from the plate, a V-shaped wall for supporting a bottle opposite the punch, and a pneumatic assembly for moving the plate toward the bottle so that the punch shatters the bottle and the plate further breaks the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: Galland Henning Nopak, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Weil, Matthew T. Boswell
  • Patent number: 4594487
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for supporting a proximity sensing means such as a reed type proximity switch contiguous the outer peripheral surface of a fluid power cylinder, in which said fluid power cylinder is of the type comprising a cylinder body and a piston axially movable in said cylinder body, and in which said fluid power cylinder includes a pair of oppositely disposed end closure members respectively positioned at each of the respective opposite ends of said cylinder body and tie rod means connecting said oppositely disposed end closure members. The mounting arrangement comprises a sensing means support device adapted to be detachably mounted on the fluid power cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Galland Henning Nopak, Inc.
    Inventors: Roman Grassl, Thomas A. Craig, Eric P. Weil