Patents by Inventor Ed Taylor

Ed Taylor 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).

  • Infinitely variable needle rotation restrictor
    Patent number: 7179408
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus mounted to a mold for injecting air into a mold cavity and removing exhaust from the mold cavity. The apparatus includes a needle rotation restrictor adapted to fit into a counter bore of a blow cylinder body, where the needle rotation restrictor has a hole through which a needle can pass. The blow cylinder body is mountable to the mold and has a conduit to the mold cavity and an interface for interfacing with the mold. The interface of the blow cylinder body has a counter-bore for containing the needle rotation restrictor. The apparatus further includes a needle having a cross-sectional shape adapted to restrict rotation within the hole of the needle rotation restrictor and passing through the conduit of the blow cylinder body. The needle rotation restrictor is rotatably positioned within the counter bore prior to engagement of the blow cylinder body with the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Peters, Marshall Miller, Nicole Korpanty, Ed Taylor
  • Infinitely variable needle rotation restrictor
    Publication number: 20060130308
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus mounted to a mold for injecting air into a mold cavity and removing exhaust from the mold cavity. The apparatus includes a needle rotation restrictor adapted to fit into a counter bore of a blow cylinder body, where the needle rotation restrictor has a hole through which a needle can pass. The blow cylinder body is mountable to the mold and has a conduit to the mold cavity and an interface for interfacing with the mold. The interface of the blow cylinder body has a counter-bore for containing the needle rotation restrictor. The apparatus further includes a needle having a cross-sectional shape adapted to restrict rotation within the hole of the needle rotation restrictor and passing through the conduit of the blow cylinder body. The needle rotation restrictor is rotatably positioned within the counter bore prior to engagement of the blow cylinder body with the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Applicant: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Peters, Marshall Miller, Nicole Korpanty, Ed Taylor
  • Flat sided chisel slug
    Patent number: D793828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Donnis Askin, Mike Delsignore, Jean Nelson, Catherine Eaton, Ed Taylor, Bhargav Shailesh Patel