Patents by Inventor Gerald L. Ames

Gerald L. Ames 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: 20150346008
    Abstract: A fluid flow testing apparatus for measuring the you profile of a container has a rotatable container carrier and an assembly for rotating the container between a first position allowing fluid to be retained within the container and a second position causing fluid to be poured from the container. Sensors far sensing the weight of the container as liquid is poured from the container are provided in order to determine the pour profile of the container. A controller receives input signals from the sensors in order to record the weight of the container over time as liquid is poured from the container as the container is rotated. The change of weight of the container over time establishes a pour profile for the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: David Kisela, Gerald L. Ames, Marvin Karl Himmelein, James Edward Gerdeman, Peter Miller, Daniel S. Sabo
  • Patent number: 4917592
    Abstract: In the forming of an article by blow molding parisons into conformity with cavities of an array of mold sections wherein parisons in the form of tubes are extruded from an extruder into an array of neck molds on a head, the head is moved axially away from the extruder to define the parisons, mold sections are closed about the parisons, and the parisons are blown outwardly, an apparatus for application of labels to the hollow blown plastic articles which comprises an array of vacuum cups mounted on the head and movable with the head and a mechanism operable to move the vacuum cups outwardly to engage labels on magazines and move the labels inwardly toward the head and to thereafter move the labels outwardly and deposit them in the mold cavities when the head moves adjacent the mold cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Owens-Illinois Plastic Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Plenzler, Gerald L. Ames