Patents by Inventor Kenneth Edward Marshall

Kenneth Edward Marshall 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 crimping and capping handheld tool
    Patent number: 6729104
    Abstract: A hand-held, power-operated or power-assisted, crimping/er or decapping/er tool (60), for container closures, such as vial caps (C), has a hollow handle (50), housing a (pneumatic) piston-in-cylinder actuator (12, 13), with an external trigger (18) operating an internal control valve (16), to control connection of an external pressure supply, through an internal distribution block (11), and displacement of an actuator output rod (15), coupled, through a pivoted bell crank lever (10), to a demountable crimping/er or decapping/er (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Inventor: Kenneth Edward Marshall
  • Pneumatic crimping and capping handheld tool
    Publication number: 20030051890
    Abstract: A hand-held, power-operated or power-assisted, crimping/er or decapping/er tool (60), for container closures, such as vial caps (C), has a hollow handle (50), housing a (pneumatic) piston-in-cylinder actuator (12, 13), with an external trigger (18) operating an internal control valve (16), to control connection of an external pressure supply, through an internal distribution block (11), and displacement of an actuator output rod (15), coupled, through a pivoted bell crank lever (10), to a demountable crimping/er or decapping/er (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventor: Kenneth Edward Marshall