Patents by Inventor James A. Bowling

James A. Bowling 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 embossing foil
    Patent number: 4498390
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for embossing foil to produce warp-free, textured packaging sheet. The method comprises the forming of bosses in the foil while firmly supporting the foil clamped on rigid lands at the perimeter of the boss to be formed. Drawing the foil between rigid male and female walls of a forming cavity while so held, and interposing a sheet of yieldable material between the surface of the female portion of the cavity and the sheet of foil to produce a yieldable matrix against which the foil comes to rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1985
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventors: James A. Bowling, Wallace M. David
  • Apparatus and method for checking score lines in flat package blanks
    Patent number: 4217694
    Abstract: The positioning of a score line on a flat package blank can be determined relative to a datum edge by positioning the datum edge at the zero mark of a measurement scale and moving a carriage having a magnification reading unit to a position over the score line, the distance appearing from the position of a carriage reference surface on the measurement scale as well as on a caliper unit mounted on the carriage for exhibiting the measurement of distance the reference surface has passed beyond a major increment of measure on the scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventor: James A. Bowling