Patents by Inventor Ken Milliner

Ken Milliner 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).

  • Carton collating and transfer apparatus
    Patent number: 4354591
    Abstract: An apparatus for collating cartons received from a plurality of sources in a tightly packed together relationship or randomly spaced apart relationship, and transferring these cartons in a substantially uniformly spaced apart relationship into a single stream of cartons for transport to another location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1982
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Sexstone, Tom Lewis, Ken Milliner, Everett N. Finn
  • Apparatus for making grooves in tobacco smoke filters
    Patent number: 4351792
    Abstract: Cigarette filters having grooves therein are prepared by subjecting cigarette filters to a groove-making device which includes heated groove-making elements therein, the grooves being formed by the use of heat and pressure as the cigarette filters come in contact with the groove-making elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Sexstone, Tom Lewis, Ken Milliner
  • Apparatus for making grooves in tobacco smoke filters
    Patent number: 4324540
    Abstract: Cigarette filters having grooves therein are prepared by subjecting cigarette filters to a groove-making device which includes heated groove-making elements therein, the grooves being formed by the use of heat and pressure as the cigarette filters come in contact with the groove-making elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1982
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Sexstone, Tom Lewis, Ken Milliner