Patents Assigned to AEC Machinery Limited
  • Patent number: 5052583
    Abstract: An article dispenser is disclosed including a continuous carrier; a plurality of article engaging members formed on the carrier and regularly spaced therealong; a least two article guide members separated at a predetermined distance from one another and aligned with the carrier adjacent the article engaging members at a predetermined spacing therefrom; adjustment member for adjusting the predetermined distance and the predetermined spacing so that the article may be held between a pair of the article engaging members and leans at an angle against the article guide members for sliding movement therealong. Also disclosed is a method of dispensing articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: AEC Machinery Limited
    Inventor: Reinier Hill
  • Patent number: 4980209
    Abstract: A wrap for a flower pot comprises a sheet of material formed into the shape of a flower pot and having a pair of matching rings trapping the material between them at a location which, in use, will be adjacent to the upper margins of a flower pot. There is also disclosed a method of forming a flower pot wrap in which a first ring is placed on a mandrel having the shape of a flower pot, a sheet of material is placed over the mandrel and a second ring is moved over the sheet about the mandrel to engage the first ring and trap the sheet between the two rings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1990
    Assignee: AEC Machinery Limited
    Inventor: Reinier Hill
  • Patent number: 4925009
    Abstract: A conveyor device is disclosed having a drive unit and a follower unit, each of which has a roller with a peripheral surface to carry a reversing portion of a continuous belt, an engaging element to engage the units with one end portion of a plank defining a belt support surface, so as to align the belt support surface with the peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: AEC Machinery Limited
    Inventor: Reinier Hill