Patents by Inventor Gerald Townsend

Gerald Townsend 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).

  • Dilutable products
    Publication number: 20060286256
    Abstract: A retorted liquid soup concentrate package (of about 70 to 100 g contents) expressible from the package when opened and dilutable with boiling or near boiling water (at a dilution ratio water/concentrate of from 1.9:1 to 2.5:1) to a lump free ready to eat soup form at at least 55° C. (preferably 60 to 65° C.) and a target volume less than 400 mls (preferably 250-300 mls).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Gerald Townsend, David Fellowes, Caroline Clarke, Simon Shaw
  • Bag packaging method and assembly for a bag filling station
    Publication number: 20030154692
    Abstract: A packaging method and assembly includes a bag loading assembly operable to load single sized bags into a loading station at a plurality of distances and a cutter assembly operable to cut the single sized bag to a desired size. A bag manipulating assembly operable to open the bag to allow a package to be inserted into the bag and to seal the bag after the package has been inserted into the bag. The packaging method and assembly also preferably includes a tail remover that removes the cut tail of the bag from the packaging assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: OPTIMA Machinery Corporation
    Inventors: Ron Parsons, Gerald Townsend
  • Method of knitting an elasticised welt
    Patent number: 3946577
    Abstract: A method of knitting, on a circular knitting machine, a succession of tubular articles such as socks or stockings, each having an elasticized roll welt having an elastic yarn laid therein, wherein a leading end of the elastic yarn is temporarily anchored in knitted stitches of each completed article and thereafter the elastic yarn is laid within the welt fold of the next succeeding article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1973
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1976
    Assignee: The Bentley Engineering Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Keith Gerald Townsend, Frederick Keel