Patents Represented by Attorney James J. Farrell

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  • Extrusion of materials
    Patent number: 5556653
    Abstract: Ice confection and couverture are co-extruded with the ice confection from a first volume and supercooled couverture extruded from a second volume thermally separated from the central volume to contact a surface of the ice confection. Preferably the extrusion volumes have cylindrical geometry to provide a layer of couverture enveloping the ice confection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary N. Binley
  • Infusion package
    Patent number: 5552165
    Abstract: A package for containing a flowable infusible material comprising a closed bag made from a porous material. The bag has a first side, a second side that opposes the first side and two other sides. The package also has a drawstring that passes out of the interior of the package via a first exit point located adjacent one end of the first side and a second exit point located adjacent the other end of the first side. Means are provided to constrain the drawstring against adjacent the ends of the second side and at some intermediate point along each of said other sides (preferably near the midpoint). The arrangement being such that pulling the ends of the drawstring in substantially opposite directions causes the drawstring to move relative to the sides it engages and thus enable the package to collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Thomas J. Lipton Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. A. Haak, Jan J. Kuipers, Craig S. McLean
  • Infusion package
    Patent number: 5552164
    Abstract: A package containing a flowable infusible material which has a drawstring that passes out of the interior of the package via a first exit point and a second exit point and means which constrains said drawstring adjacent at least two sides. The arrangement is such that pulling the ends of the drawstring in substantially opposite directions causes the drawstring to move relative to the sides it engages thus allowing the package to collapse. Preferred embodiments of the package are rectangular, square or circular in shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Thomas J. Lipton, Co., Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Jan Kuipers, Craig S. McLean
  • Apparatus and method for producing packets
    Patent number: 5548947
    Abstract: Packets are produced by forming a continuous web (W) of packaging material into a tubular form around a tube (4) through which the packet filling material is delivered, the individual packets being sealed and severed from the web as each dose of filling material is delivered. A valve (24) to control the dosing is provided at the exit end of the delivery tube. The sealing and severing of the packets is performed by mutually transverse pairs of rotors (36, 38) the arms (92) of which interdigitate to make successive seals in mutually transverse directions, so forming tetrahedral packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Thomas J. Lipton Co.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Fincham, David R. Seaward, Graham L. Shirley, Geoffrey W. Vernon
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D371740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lathrop, Mark D. Gerhart, David F. Gnadt, Arnold Brown, Frank E. Gonda, Harry H. Haubert
  • Combined bottle and closure
    Patent number: D372195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Gerhart, Harry Haubert
  • Combined bottle and closure
    Patent number: D372196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Gerhart, Harry Haubert
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D372198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lathrop, Mark D. Gerhart, David F. Gnadt, Kevin J. Markey, Frank E. Gonda, David S. Laubach
  • Combined bottle and closure
    Patent number: D372199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lathrop, Mark D. Gerhart, David F. Gnadt, Kevin J. Markey, Frank E. Gonda, David S. Laubach
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D372200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lathrop, Mark D. Gerhart, David F. Gnadt, Kevin J. Markey, Frank E. Gonda, David S. Laubach
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D372859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lathrop, Mark D. Gerhart, David F. Gnadt, Kevin J. Markey, Frank E. Gonda, David S. Laubach
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D372860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lathrop, Mark D. Gerhart, David F. Gnadt, Kevin J. Markey, Frank E. Gonda, David S. Laubach
  • Combined bottle and cap
    Patent number: D372873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lathrop, Mark D. Gerhart, David F. Gnadt, Kevin J. Markey, Frank E. Gonda, David S. Laubach
  • Frozen confection
    Patent number: D373451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter M. Schwarz
  • Combined bottle and cap
    Patent number: D373533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lathrop, Mark D. Gerhart, David F. Gnadt, Arnold Brown, Frank E. Gonda, Harry H. Haubert
  • Combined bottle and cap
    Patent number: D373534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Bothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lathrop, Mark D. Gerhart, David F. Gnadt, Arnold Brown, Frank E. Gonda, Harry H. Haubert
  • Combined bottle and cap
    Patent number: D373535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lathrop, Mark D. Gerhart, David F. Gnadt, Arnold Brown, Frank E. Gonda, Harry H. Haubert
  • Combined bottle and cap
    Patent number: D374179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lathrop, Mark D. Gerhart, David F. Gnadt, Arnold Brown, Frank E. Gonda, Harry H. Haubert
  • Frozen confection
    Patent number: D374539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream
    Inventor: Anastasio L. Enrech
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D375051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Lathrop, Mark D. Gerhart, David F. Gnadt, Kevin J. Markey, Frank E. Gonda, David S. Laubach