Patents by Inventor Ian I. Durant

Ian I. Durant 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).

  • Method And Apparatus For Manufacturing A Retroflective Device
    Publication number: 20090181213
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing an agglomeration of glass beads consisting of a plurality of glass beads bound together by means of a binder material. An apparatus is described which includes a dispensing device (3a; 3b; 3c) having a plurality of channels (5) along which, in use, binder material flows. Each of the channels terminates in an outlet (8) and is in fluid communications with a single binder inlet (6). Importantly, the channels are of substantially identical length and diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: Prismo Limited
    Inventors: Ian I. Durant, Richard H. Hughes