Patents by Inventor Ger Reynolds

Ger Reynolds 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).

  • Blister package storage and dispensing container and method
    Patent number: 6920974
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for inexpensively storing a quantity of packages awaiting transfer to a manufacturing process station includes a dispenser for quickly removing the packages from the container and directly into a secondary receptacle which is particularly adapted for feeding the packages to the process station. The provision of an inexpensive container to hold the packages is advantageous in that the more expensive secondary receptacles are not tied up for the sole purpose of holding packages which are awaiting the next process station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Ger Reynolds, Trevor O'Neill
  • Blister package storage and dispensing container and method
    Publication number: 20040262186
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for inexpensively storing a quantity of packages awaiting transfer to a manufacturing process station includes a dispenser for quickly removing the packages from the container and directly into a secondary receptacle which is particularly adapted for feeding the packages to the process station. The provision of an inexpensive container to hold the packages is advantageous in that the more expensive secondary receptacles are not tied up for the sole purpose of holding packages which are awaiting the next process station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Ger Reynolds, Trevor O'Neill
  • Apparatus and method for handling an ophthalmic lens
    Patent number: 6558584
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for handling an ophthalmic lens in a manufacturing line where lenses are presented for picking and transport to a respective lens receptacle. The problem of lens fly-away is prevented by a cover which releasably couples to the lens picking means and is deposited over the lens receptacle immediately following release of the lens into the secondary receptacle and withdrawal of the lens picking means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventors: Trevor O'Neill, Thomas Stevenson, Anthony LaRuffa, Ted Foos, Ger Reynolds