Patents by Inventor Richard Patrick Smith

Richard Patrick Smith 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).

  • Method and apparatus for product packaging
    Patent number: 6739110
    Abstract: A method of product packaging wherein oblong sleeve-simulating product packaging labels are adapted to be printed with variable product information as weight data and are fed long-edge first towards a product packaging station while being maintain in an indexed relationship to a series of product items which are likewise fed towards the product packaging station. By adopting a long-edge-first feed direction for the packaging elements the indexed relationship with the product items can be established and maintained whereby direct printing of the variable data on the packaging elements or sleeves is feasible without the need to resort to printing on adhesive labels for application to the sleeved product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Buralls of Wisbech Limited
    Inventors: John Colin Ogden, Richard Patrick Smith
  • Method and apparatus for product packaging
    Publication number: 20010032441
    Abstract: A method of product packaging wherein oblong sleeve-simulating product packaging labels are adapted to be printed with variable product information as weight data and are fed long-edge first towards a product packaging station while being maintain in an indexed relationship to a series of product items which are likewise fed towards the product packaging station. By adopting a long-edge-first feed direction for the packaging elements the indexed relationship with the product items can be established and maintained whereby direct printing of the variable data on the packaging elements or sleeves is feasible without the need to resort to printing on adhesive labels for application to the sleeved product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: John Colin Ogden, Richard Patrick Smith