Patents by Inventor Darren D. Livingston

Darren D. Livingston 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 and apparatus for providing a positive pressure in the headspace of a plastic container
    Patent number: 8342344
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for accommodating the pressure decrease of the fluid in a hot-filled plastic container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Amcor Rigid Plastics USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Darren D. Livingston
  • PRESSURIZED CAPPING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110131933
    Abstract: Apparatus for pressurizing the headspace of a filled plastic bottle while applying a cap includes a sealing ring having a surface for engaging a support ring, or other surface of known dimension, of the plastic bottle, clamping apparatus for moving the sealing ring, a chuck for holding the cap in a position to engage a finish of the plastic bottle, a pressure chamber surrounding the chuck having a sealing surface for contacting the sealing ring, a source of pressure coupled to the pressure chamber for introducing a volume of gas or vapor at super-atmospheric pressure into the chamber, and a motor for rotating the chuck and cap within the pressure chamber while the chamber is subjected to the gas or vapor at super-atmospheric pressure to seal the gas or vapor within the headspace of the filled plastic bottle with the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Darren D. Livingston
  • Method and Apparatus for Providing A Positive Pressure in the Headspace of a Plastic Container
    Publication number: 20090179032
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for accommodating the pressure decrease of the fluid in a hot-filled plastic container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Ball Corporation
    Inventor: Darren D. Livingston