Patents by Inventor Marcus Edward Pike

Marcus Edward Pike 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 loading a container with a product
    Patent number: 7650733
    Abstract: There is provided a method of loading a container with a defined quantity of product which comprises the steps of a) closing off a perforation (12a, 12b) in a perforated plate (10); b) directing powder (30) into said closed-off perforation; and c) transferring the contents of the perforation to said container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Alan Anthony Wilson, Phillip William Farr, Marcus Edward Pike
  • Method and Apparatus for Loading a Container with a Product
    Publication number: 20090013652
    Abstract: There is provided a method of loading a container with a defined quantity of product which comprises the steps of a) closing off a perforation (12a, 12b) in a perforated plate (10); b) directing powder (30) into said closed-off perforation; and c) transferring the contents of the perforation to said container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: GLAXO GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Alan Anthony Wilson, Phillip William Farr, Marcus Edward Pike
  • Method and apparatus for loading a container with a product
    Patent number: 7426815
    Abstract: There is provided a method of loading a container with a defined quantity of product which comprises the steps of a) closing off a perforation in a perforated plate; b) directing powder into said closed-off perforation by the action of a first leveller blade moveable in a sweeping path relative to the perforated plate; and c) transferring the contents of the perforation to said container, and an apparatus for achieving such method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Smithkline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Anthony Wilson, Phillip William Farr, Marcus Edward Pike