Patents by Inventor Robert L. Nolan
Robert L. Nolan 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).
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Publication number: 20040189038Abstract: A one-piece molded end cap is provided for use with a container tarping system. The end cap is in the form of an aerodynamically shaped shell and includes a trough and ridge configuration at the rear edge to provide a sealing surface for the side edge of the flexible cover of the tarping system. A deflection barrier is formed at the underside of the end cap shell and is configured to deflect material loaded into the container away from the end cap. In a further embodiment, the end cap can include a tensioning mechanism integral with a front edge of the end cap. The tensioning mechanism includes an elongated body having a bore within which a tensioning element is disposed. The tensioning element applies tension to a drive mechanism of the tarping system through a cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2004Publication date: September 30, 2004Inventors: Robert L. Nolan, James R. Tuerk
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Publication number: 20030090124Abstract: A one-piece molded end cap is provided for use with a container tarping system. The end cap is in the form of an aerodynamically shaped shell and includes a trough and ridge configuration at the rear edge to provide a sealing surface for the side edge of the flexible cover of the tarping system. A deflection barrier is formed at the underside of the end cap shell and is configured to deflect material loaded into the container away from the end cap. In a further embodiment, the end cap can include a tensioning mechanism integral with a front edge of the end cap. The tensioning mechanism includes an elongated body having a bore within which a tensioning element is disposed. The tensioning element applies tension to a drive mechanism of the tarping system through a cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2001Publication date: May 15, 2003Inventors: Robert L. Nolan, James R. Tuerk
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Patent number: 4844262Abstract: An easy-access, moisture resistant, reusable, two-piece carton especially adapted for holding computer forms. The carton of the present invention is reusable in the sense that it is usable first for shipping of items such as one-ply cut sheet forms and subsequently is uniquely usable again for storage of the forms during the period of use and withdrawal of the forms.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1988Date of Patent: July 4, 1989Assignee: Allied Paper IncorporatedInventors: Harold G. Patrick, Robert L. Nolan
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Patent number: 4753348Abstract: An easy-access, moisture resistant, reusable, two-piece carton especially adapted for holding computer forms. The carton of the present invention is reusable in the sense that it is usable first for shipping of items such as one-ply cut sheet forms and subsequently is uniquely usable again for storage of the forms during the period of use and withdrawal of the forms.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1986Date of Patent: June 28, 1988Assignee: Allied Paper IncorporatedInventors: Harold G. Patrick, Robert L. Nolan
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Patent number: 4722448Abstract: Plastic bottle caps of the snap-on type having tamper indicating means such as a tear band. The top wall of the top overhangs its side wall and the overhanging lip is filleted at an angle of about 30.degree. to increase the difficulty of removing the cap by hand without visibly affecting the tamper indicating means. Also, the cap has interior interrupted beads for snapping over the shoulder of the bottle neck and has ribs in the interruptions for adjusting the magnitude of the snap-on and snap-off forces. The cap is molded on a core having grooves for forming the beads and ribs. The cap may have a non-resilient gasket and a dished top so that it can exert pressure on the gasket. A foil seal having adhesive on one surface may underlie the gasket. After the cap has been applied to the bottle neck, the foil seal may be caused to adhere to the bottle neck.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 1987Date of Patent: February 2, 1988Assignee: Bankers Trust Co.Inventor: Robert L. Nolan
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Patent number: 4699286Abstract: Plastic bottle caps of the snap-on type having tamper indicating means such as a tear band. The top wall of the tap overhangs its side wall and the overhanging lip is filleted at an angle of about 30.degree. to increase the difficulty of removing the cap by hand without visibly affecting the tamper indicating means. Also, the cap has interior interrupted beads for snapping over a shoulder of the bottle neck and has ribs in the interruptions for adjusting the magnitude of the snap-on and snap-off forces. The cap is molded on a core having grooves for forming the beads and ribs. The cap may have a non-resilient gasket and a dished top so that it can exert pressure on the gasket.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 1986Date of Patent: October 13, 1987Assignee: Bankers Trust Co.Inventor: Robert L. Nolan
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Patent number: 4635808Abstract: A plastic bottle cap having a tamper indicating skirt with inwardly extending flaps which move to a position in which they decrease the diameter of the skirt and thus prevent removal of the cap while the skirt is connected to the cap.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1985Date of Patent: January 13, 1987Assignee: Maxcap, Inc.Inventor: Robert L. Nolan
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Patent number: 4550843Abstract: A plastic screw cap for carbonated beverage bottles having standard necks. Screwing the cap on forces its antitamper skirt over a shoulder of the bottle neck. Unscrewing the cap causes the skirt, or a portion connecting the skirt to the main body of the cap, to break. The skirt has a throat whose I.D. (inside diameter) is smaller than the O.D. (outside diameter) of the bottle threads, but is large enough so that the cap can, under light pressure, wobble or rock down the neck to seat the cap properly for screwing on. The skirt may have a flap which becomes effective to decrease the effective skirt diameter when the cap is being unscrewed.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1982Date of Patent: November 5, 1985Assignee: Maxcap, Inc.Inventor: Robert L. Nolan
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Patent number: 4519569Abstract: For the molding of bottle caps having irregular lower boundaries, such as caps having depending tabs, the conventional mold has a core and a surrounding sleeve in which the core slides. This is modified by using a split sleeve which is maintained in close contact with the core during molding, but whose elements are freed to move outwardly away from the core when the mold begins to open. This solves the prior art problem of the galling of the contacting surfaces of sleeve and core.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1984Date of Patent: May 28, 1985Assignee: Maxcap, Inc.Inventor: Robert L. Nolan
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Patent number: 4476987Abstract: A plastic cap for glass or plastic carbonated beverage bottles is shaped so that in use pressure is exerted around the edges of a gasket to give enhanced sealing. A single cap can fit the different necks of standard glass and plastic bottles. Its heat-shrinkable skirt has longer portions between connectors.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 1982Date of Patent: October 16, 1984Assignee: Maxcap, Inc.Inventor: Robert L. Nolan