Patents by Inventor Martin Greeves

Martin Greeves 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).

  • Publication number: 20090124409
    Abstract: A method of applying a cover to a shaft of a golf club includes fitting the cover onto the golf club such that a shaft of the club passes through a sleeve of heat-shrinkable material adapted to fit around an exposed portion of the shaft, positioning the cover such that the sleeve is substantially in register with the exposed portion of the shaft, and applying heat to the sleeve to cause the sleeve to shrink onto the exposed portion of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventor: Martin Greeves
  • Patent number: 5881721
    Abstract: Apparatus for orienting elongate objects, for example capsules of medicament, comprises a passage for receiving an individual capsule in a preferred orientation, a container for holding a bulk supply of capsules, and a ramp surface which directs a capsule towards the passage when the device is positioned such that the passage extends vertically downwardly from the container. It has been found that by appropriate choice of ramp angle, passage diameter and container diameter there is a high probability that a single capsule will be loaded into the dispensing passage when the apparatus is inverted to place the dispensing passage below the bulk supply. The apparatus is particularly useful in a dry medicament dispensing apparatus comprising, in addition to the orienting apparatus, a chamber for receiving capsules from the dispensing passage, means for piercing the ends of the capsule, and a mouthpiece for drawing air through the capsule and to entrain the medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Plurichemie Anstalt
    Inventors: Martin Bunce, John Lamb, Martin Greeves, Iain Grierson McDerment, Peter Villax