Patents by Inventor Alasdair D. McLeod

Alasdair D. McLeod 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).

  • Article turning device
    Patent number: 4492299
    Abstract: The device comprises a succession of members in the form of plates collectively defining a path of traverse of the article to be turned, by means of apertures in the plates; each aperture being of the outline shape of the article and being angularly offset so that parts of each succeeding plate of the succession obstruct the path of the article incrementally to deflect the article as it passes through the aperture of each plate about an axis passing through the article and parallel with the path of traverse, thereby to change the orientation of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1985
    Assignee: B.M.H. Feedgear
    Inventor: Alasdair D. McLeod