Patents by Inventor James Peter Mason

James Peter Mason 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).

  • ORIENTATING A ROD-SHAPED ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20230337746
    Abstract: An apparatus for orientating a rod-shaped smoking article (2) containing a metal component (4) such as a susceptor is disclosed. The apparatus comprises means (24) for producing a magnetic field and means (22) for presenting a rod-shaped smoking article (2) to the magnetic field in a manner which allows rotation of the rod-shaped article. This can allow the article to be rotated such that it is in a known orientation for subsequent testing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Akinwande Olanrewaju Cole, Jack East, Timothy James Peter Mason
  • Modelling terrain improvements
    Patent number: 7520748
    Abstract: A terrain model element and method of manufacture which has a latex shaped layer molded in a drying mold and supported by a flexible foamed plastics material. In one instance the foamed plastics is molded directly into the latex layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Inventor: James Peter Mason
  • Testing of Smoking Articles
    Publication number: 20080257368
    Abstract: A smoking machine is disclosed for the automatic smoking of a smoking article. The smoking machine (10) includes a flexible seal (30) for occluding holes (40) in the smoking article (28) while the smoking article is smoked. This can allow “intensive” smoking tests to be carried out by occluding filter holes (40) in the smoking article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Ronald Frederick Wilson, Timothy James Peter Mason, Philip Keith Jarman, Ian Francis Tindall