Patents by Inventor Eric Charles Hopson

Eric Charles Hopson 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).

  • Packaging method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5651235
    Abstract: In a system of packaging of foodstuffs in containers (12), each container (12) has a closure of aluminium/LDPE laminate formed with a central tear panel (322) which either has a pull-tab (402) rivetted thereto or is connected to a pull-tab (321) at an, edge of the closure (1) by a narrow tear strip (323) extending up, over and down the rim of the container (12). The closures (1) are conveyed in horizontal positions pneumatically from a closure-manufacturing machine towards a downwardly inclined, vibrating, tranpsort box (110) and tilted pneumatically into vertical positions as they approached the box (110) for stacking in the box (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Odin Developments Limited
    Inventors: Robert John Ashley, Lodewyk Johannes Claessen, Trevor John Colby, Ian Flude, Eric Charles Hopson, Simon Murray, Andrew Philip Pavely, Timothy James Pitcher