Patents by Inventor Hal L. Inglis

Hal L. Inglis 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).

  • Material handling method and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 4547645
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing of workpieces comprising the steps of continuously transferring the workpieces to and fro among a plurality of rotating members, wherein each member carries a plurality of sets of work stations. Workpieces, such as precut tubular sleeves, and tube heads, are sealed to form containers, utilizing continuously rotating turrets and cooperating rotating members designed to produce such containers efficiently and at high rate of production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventors: Robert P. Smith, William S. Gillespie, Hal L. Inglis, Donald B. Hoyne
  • Tube forming method
    Patent number: 4210477
    Abstract: A laminate of non-ferrous metal foil and heat softenable material is folded to tubular form to juxtapose the margins and the margins are heat sealed by passing the tube through an inductance coil; the inductance field may be intensified by a ferrite bar located in a mandrel over which the tube is fed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Assignee: American Can Company
    Inventors: William S. Gillespie, Hal L. Inglis