Patents by Inventor Duncan Murray

Duncan Murray 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).

  • Publication number: 20160038704
    Abstract: A medical tube holder, for securing a tube relative to a patient, comprises an elongate patient engaging portion for passing around at least a part of a neck and mouth region of a patient; a tube holding portion, connected to the patient engaging portion, for passing around at least a part of a medical tube; a tube-holding-portion securing arrangement for securing the tube holding portion around at least a part of the medical tube so that the medical tube can be securely positioned relative to the patient; and a patient-engaging-portion securing arrangement for securing the patient engaging portion around the patient's neck and mouth region to secure the medical tube holder to the patient. The patient-engaging-portion securing arrangement has a tightening arrangement to facilitate tightening of the patient engaging portion around the patient's neck and mouth region, and a locking arrangement that prevents loosening of the patient engaging portion while allowing further tightening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: XIGENT INNOVATIONS PTY LTD
    Inventor: Duncan Murray
  • Publication number: 20150134558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of tracking cargo at a processing system, including: determining whether a vessel has berthed at one of a plurality of berths, each berth tagged with a commodity type; receiving information about the vessel; determining whether the vessel has called at a port; and utilising the berth tag and information about the vessel to calculate the quantity of a commodity delivered between the berth and the port. A system for tracking cargo is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Duncan MURRAY
  • Publication number: 20150134559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of tracking a vessel at a processing system, including: receiving location coordinates for the vessel associated with a vessel identifier; obtaining vessel data associated with the vessel identifier; processing the vessel data; and determining whether the vessel is berthed at one of a plurality of berth locations using the processed vessel data and the location coordinates. A system for tracking a vessel is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Duncan MURRAY
  • Patent number: 6345735
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing a beverage into a receptacle is provided having one or more taps, between them defining two beverage flow paths. One of the beverage flow paths is provided with a flow restriction for inducing turbulence in the beverage flow for producing foam. An arrangement is provided for directing the beverage flow path subjected to the turbulence inducing flow restriction to be not vertically orientated at an outlet such that fobbing of the beverage in the receptacle is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Scottish & Newcastle PLC
    Inventors: David Harvey, Duncan Murray, Jon Brown, George Wallen