Patents by Inventor John A. Sommerville

John A. Sommerville 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).

  • Patent number: 4629164
    Abstract: A container having associated with it at least one memory device in which a record of the contents of the container is stored, the memory device being addressable such that the record of contents may be altered during use of the container to maintain a record of the remaining contents of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries, PLC
    Inventor: John A. Sommerville
  • Patent number: 4553702
    Abstract: A modular fluid spraying system including: at least one container for the fluid or fluids to be sprayed the container being fluid plug connectable to at least one fluid pumping which is in turn fluid plug connectable to at least one boom section, the boom section carrying fluid supply connections and being fluid plug connectable to other boom sections and to at least one sprayhead assembly detachably securable to the said boom section or sections; and at least one electronic data processing circuit electrically plug-connectable to the system and pre-set so as to regulate at least one electrically responsive operating parameter of the system when the system is connected to a source of electrical power in use; whereby various numbers of containers and/or various numbers of boom sections may be added or subtracted to the system to achieve a desired combination of fluid delivery and spray area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1985
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Coffee, Peter C. Bennett, Leonard E. Houghton, Graham C. Johnson, John A. Sommerville, Peter H. Boyce, William J. P. Currall