Patents by Inventor Kenneth Shail

Kenneth Shail 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).

  • Tablet container filling apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8984844
    Abstract: Tablet-container filling apparatus is provided for feeding and separating tablets and for filling a tablet container with the said tablets. The tablet-container filling apparatus comprises a tablet-color identifier (3, 5), a tablet remover (4) whereby a rogue tablet is removable once identified by the tablet-color identifier, a tablet counter (7), a container conveyor (9), and a controller (5, 7) for controlling tablet flow into a container on said conveyor, the tablet-color identifier (3, 5) being on at least two sides of a tablet flow path, so that in use a tablet color is identifiable from at least said two sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sparc Systems Limited
    Inventor: Kenneth Shail
  • TABLET-CONTAINER FILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120096816
    Abstract: Tablet-container filling apparatus is provided for feeding and separating tablets and for filling a tablet container with the said tablets. The tablet-container filling apparatus comprises a tablet-colour identifier (3, 5), a tablet remover (4) whereby a rogue tablet is removable once identified by the tablet-colour identifier, a tablet counter (7), a container conveyor (9), and a controller (5, 7) for controlling tablet flow into a container on said conveyor, the tablet-colour identifier (3, 5) being on at least two sides of a tablet flow path, so that in use a tablet colour is identifiable from at least said two sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: SPARC SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventor: Kenneth Shail