Patents Assigned to Melrose Products Limited
  • Waste storage device
    Patent number: 6994247
    Abstract: A waste storage device includes an inlet aperture and a length of flexible tubing passing through the inlet aperture from a cassette. The flexible tubing is pinched by a pair of rollers which can have continuous surfaces or multiple paddles. The waste product is placed into the aperture and the rollers rotate drawing the waste product down into the device and pinching the storage bag above it. The operation can be manually or motor driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Melrose Products Limited
    Inventor: David Charles Richards
  • Waste storage device
    Publication number: 20040134914
    Abstract: A waste storage device includes an inlet aperture and a length of flexible tubing passing through the inlet aperture from a cassette. The flexible tubing is pinched by a pair of rollers which can have continuous surfaces or multiple paddles. The waste product is placed into the aperture and the rollers rotate drawing the waste product down into the device and pinching the storage bag above it. The operation can be manually or motor driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Melrose Products Limited
    Inventor: David Charles Richards
  • Waste storage device
    Patent number: 6719194
    Abstract: A waste storage device includes an inlet aperture and a length of flexible tubing passing through the inlet aperture from a cassette. The flexible tubing is pinched by a pair of rollers which can have continuous surfaces or multiple paddles. The waste product is placed into the aperture and the rollers rotate drawing the waste product down into the device and pinching the storage bag above it. The operation can be manually or motor driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Melrose Products Limited
    Inventor: David Charles Richards
  • Apparatus for using packs of flexible tubing in packaging
    Patent number: 5590512
    Abstract: A series of packages containing different sized objects are formed by pushing the objects in series into a funnel shaped portion of flexible tubing drawn from pack over the rim of a funnel. Each object pushes a preceding package from between spring-loaded jaws to take its place. Each package is closed at the top by twisting the tubing by turning the funnel fixed to the pack about its axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Melrose Products Limited
    Inventors: David C. Richards, Maurice S. Williams, Brian Ward