Patents by Inventor Malcolm Shaun Craill

Malcolm Shaun Craill 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 producing droplet spray
    Patent number: 7959088
    Abstract: A spray head or spray head insert is provided for use in at least one of a shower head, an industrial spray head and an agricultural spray head including a plurality of groups of nozzles, each group of nozzles having at least two nozzles that are suitable for issuing jets of fluid from a surface of the spray head or spray head insert and are dimensioned and oriented, at least in use, so that fluid exiting the said at least two nozzles under pressure collides, interacts substantially unimpeded by surrounding structures and breaks into droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Methven Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Nicholas Edward Bolus, Roger Alan Wheat, Malcolm Shaun Craill, Susan Myrtle Brownlie, Neil Faragher, Greg Nigel Brooking, Steven Peter Morris
  • Method and apparatus for producing droplet spray
    Publication number: 20050001072
    Abstract: A spray head or spray head insert is provided for use in at least one of a shower head, an industrial spray head and an agricultural spray head including a plurality of groups of nozzles, each group of nozzles having at least two nozzles that are suitable for issuing jets of fluid from a surface of the spray head or spray head insert and are dimensioned and oriented, at least in use, so that fluid exiting the said at least two nozzles under pressure collides, interacts substantially unimpeded by surrounding structures and breaks into droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Nicholas Edward Bolus, Roger Allan Wheat, Malcolm Shaun Craill, Susan Brownlie, Neil Faragher, Greg Brooking, Steven Morris