Patents by Inventor Vaughan Bycroft

Vaughan Bycroft 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: 20060164865
    Abstract: A lamp holder is disclosed comprising a body (30) for receiving one end of a lamp (50), and a collar (20) which is arranged to fit over part of the lamp and to screw onto the body, the collar being provided with a seal (24) which is arranged so as to be urged against the lamp as the collar is screwed onto the body, wherein the seal (24) is formed integrally with the collar (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Vaughan Bycroft, Steven Olsen, Michael-John Austin
  • Patent number: 5899245
    Abstract: A measure for dispensing measured quantities of two liquors from a pair of bottles has a pair of measuring and receiving bowls associated with the bottles. Sleeves engage within necks of the bottles for delivery of liquid from each bottle to an associated bowl. Valve members in each bowl have normally open inlet liquid seals which cooperate with the sleeves to control filling of the bowls. Outlet liquid seals on the valve members normally close liquid outlets of the bowls. An actuating lever is operable to raise the valve members, moving the seals upwardly for opening the outlets and closing the inlets of the bowls. Thus, liquid measures flow from the bowls substantially concurrently into a glass or the like placed below the liquid outlets. The outlets are arranged to direct the two liquids to opposite sides of the glass so that the liquids remain separated within the glass. Release of the actuating lever drops the valve members closing the liquid outlets and opening the inlets for recharging the bowls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1999
    Assignee: R & A Bailey Company Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Nicholson Wrigley, Vaughan Bycroft