Patents by Inventor Michael Thomas Hammock

Michael Thomas Hammock 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).

  • Reservoir system for rod-like articles
    Patent number: 6016904
    Abstract: A variable capacity reservoir for cigarettes or similar rod-like articles comprises a pair of fixed upwardly extending helical guides located above the normal plane of conveyance of a laterally-flexible mass flow conveyor, and a drive carriage carrying wheels engageable with the conveyor and rotatable about the axis of the helical guides so as to reversibly deflect a variable length of conveyor around said guides. As the conveyor is advanced into or retracted from the helical guides, it is correspondingly transferred from or to a store arranged below the guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Molins PLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Hammock, Roderick Leslie Mitchell