Patents by Inventor Richard Eugene Thatcher

Richard Eugene Thatcher 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).

  • Cigarette package ripper with recycling air leg
    Patent number: 4083499
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for opening packaged articles, particularly packs and cartons of cigarettes, in which such items are ripped open and broken apart sufficiently to allow the contents, e.g. tobacco, to be separated and recovered. The apparatus aspects of this invention involve a ripper fan, a recycling air leg, and a cyclone separator from which the materials are recovered for further processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventor: Richard Eugene Thatcher
  • Physical contact training apparatus
    Patent number: 3972238
    Abstract: A teaching, force measuring, and conditioning apparatus for athletes engaged in physical contact sports. It allows athletes to develop their maximum hitting force, and accustom themselves to the resultant counter blows. The athlete is fitted into an upper-body harness, fastened by a tether to a shock absorbing spring assembly, which is fastened to a fixed post, weighted bag, or another athlete. The athlete then runs to the end of the tether and is forcefully stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1976
    Inventor: Richard Eugene Thatcher