Patents by Inventor Andrew Richard Halket

Andrew Richard Halket 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).

  • Method for manufacturing stent-grafts
    Publication number: 20050013841
    Abstract: A sewing machine is provided which is capable of sewing reinforcing wire to tubular grafts in order to form stent grafts. A bobbin (which may be seated in a shuttle) carries a bottom thread through the bore of the tubular graft and forms a stitch in combination with a top thread carried on a needle which pierces the graft wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Phillips, Adrian Woodward, Andrew Richard Halket, Gail Beaton, Carl Perks, Clive Angel, Timothy Frost
  • Tape cutting apparatus
    Patent number: 6279446
    Abstract: A blade assembly particularly for preforming a tab cut in a label. The blade assembly comprises a blade received in an injection molded plastics holder. The holder has shoulders on either side of the blade to assist in locating it and spacing it from a label to be cut. During manufacture, the blade is located within the mold for accurate injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Esselte N.V.
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Halket, Charles Robert Sims
  • Method for making tape cutting apparatus
    Patent number: 5695705
    Abstract: There is described a blade assembly particularly for performing a tab cut in a label. The blade assembly comprises a blade received in an injection moulded plastics holder. The holder has shoulders on either side of the blade to assist in locating it and spacing it from a label to be cut. During manufacture, the blade is located within the mould for accurate injection moulding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Esselte N.V.
    Inventors: Andrew Richard Halket, Charles Robert Sims