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).

  • Publication number: 20040189038
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Robert L. Nolan, James R. Tuerk
  • Publication number: 20030090124
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Robert L. Nolan, James R. Tuerk
  • Patent number: 4844262
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Allied Paper Incorporated
    Inventors: Harold G. Patrick, Robert L. Nolan
  • Patent number: 4753348
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1988
    Assignee: Allied Paper Incorporated
    Inventors: Harold G. Patrick, Robert L. Nolan
  • Patent number: 4722448
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: Bankers Trust Co.
    Inventor: Robert L. Nolan
  • Patent number: 4699286
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: Bankers Trust Co.
    Inventor: Robert L. Nolan
  • Patent number: 4635808
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Maxcap, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert L. Nolan
  • Patent number: 4550843
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Assignee: Maxcap, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert L. Nolan
  • Patent number: 4519569
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1985
    Assignee: Maxcap, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert L. Nolan
  • Patent number: 4476987
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Maxcap, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert L. Nolan