Patents by Inventor Richard Ernest Gartside Neville

Richard Ernest Gartside Neville 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).

  • Cutting of a stream of tobacco into measured weight portions
    Patent number: 3978987
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for dispensing particulate material in portions of predetermined weight by providing a flow of material measurable by a radiation detector, measuring the flow rate per unit time of the material and removing successive determined portions of the material from the flow when the measurement indicates that each such portion is of predetermined desired weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: AMF Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard Ernest Gartside Neville, Frank Baxter Bardsley
  • Continuous measurement of the bulk density of particulate material
    Patent number: 3968904
    Abstract: Apparatus for continuously measuring the bulk density of particulate material such as cut tobacco comprising a measuring column with level detection and density indicating means, a weighing conveyor and control means for driving the conveyor at speeds determined by signals from the level detecting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1976
    Assignee: AMF Incorporated
    Inventor: Richard Ernest Gartside Neville