Patents by Inventor Robin Julian Ferguson

Robin Julian Ferguson 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).

  • Can processing
    Patent number: 7966929
    Abstract: An apparatus for heat-treating products, has a retort into which the products to be treated are receivable a heating unit for heating the retort; coolant spray for spraying a liquid coolant onto products received in the retort; and a shield to substantially prevent coolant sprayed from the coolant spray from impinging on the interior of the retort. A method of protecting a retort has a retort wall defining a volume into which products to be treated are receivable, a heating unit for heating the retort, and coolant spray for spraying a liquid coolant onto products received in the retort against thermal shock, the method including a mounting shielding apparatus within the retort to substantially prevent liquid coolant sprayed from the coolant spray within the retort from impinging on the interior of the retort wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Zinetec Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Walden, Robin Julian Ferguson