Patents by Inventor Clive Watson

Clive Watson 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).

  • Conveyer system for rod-like articles
    Patent number: 5161663
    Abstract: A receiver unit for a pneumatic distribution system for rod-like articles, particularly cigarette filter rods, includes multiple vertically spaced devices (10) each of which receives axially moving rods and transfers them into a transversely-moving stream, the streams from the devices extending in different directions and being subsequently combined in a common junction zone (38, 46) to form a combined stream of increased height. Each device may cooperate with an adjacent channel (166) forming reservoir for rods and including detectors (168, 170) controlling conveyance of the transversely moving steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Assignee: Molins PLC
    Inventors: William A. Cupp, David M. Hawkins, Albert D. Seim, II, Clive Watson