Patents by Inventor Mark Bolton

Mark Bolton 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 making aerosol cans for metered dose inhaler
    Patent number: 9643229
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming aerosol cans for metered dose inhalers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul A. Wilson, Mark Bolton, Derek A. Robinson, James E. Ribordy
  • Scrap submergence system
    Patent number: 9476644
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of an exemplary embodiment, a furnace including a charge well is provided. The charge well comprises an open top chamber including side and base walls of a heat resistant material. An inlet is provided in a side wall of the chamber for receiving molten metal. A ramp is provided adjacent the side wall and an inner wall forms a central cavity. The ramp is disposed between the inner wall and the side wall. The ramp is generally inclined from an intersection with the base wall to adjacent a top surface of the inner wall. The cavity is in fluid communication with an outlet. A passage in the inner wall provides fluid communication between the inlet and the cavity. The inlet and an outlet each receives a conduit and at least one of the conduits can include an elbow joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: PYROTEK INC.
    Inventors: Roger Howitt, Jim Grayson, Mark Bolton, Paul Bosworth
  • SCRAP SUBMERGENCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140232048
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of an exemplary embodiment, a furnace including a charge well is provided. The charge well comprises an open top chamber including side and base walls of a heat resistant material. An inlet is provided in a side wall of the chamber for receiving molten metal. A ramp is provided adjacent the side wall and an inner wall forms a central cavity. The ramp is disposed between the inner wall and the side wall. The ramp is generally inclined from an intersection with the base wall to adjacent a top surface of the inner wall. The cavity is in fluid communication with an outlet. A passage in the inner wall provides fluid communication between the inlet and the cavity. The inlet and an outlet each receives a conduit and at least one of the conduits can include an elbow joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: PYROTEK, INC.
    Inventors: Roger Howitt, Jim Grayson, Mark Bolton, Paul Bosworth
  • ALUMINUM CHIP DRYERS
    Publication number: 20140041252
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of an exemplary embodiment, a dryer for removing hydrocarbons and/or moisture from metal chips is provided. The dryer has a chamber including a top portion and a base portion. The top portion is comprised of a material having a higher emissivity than the material forming the base portion. A burner is provided which introduces heated gas into the top portion. A device for transporting the metal chips is provided in the base portion. The device receives the metal chips at an inlet and transporting the metal chips to an outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: PYROTEK, INC.
    Inventors: Chris Vild, Robert Bendlak, James Grayson, Mark Bolton, Mark Reynolds, David Quilter
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING AEROSOL CANS FOR METERED DOSE INHALER
    Publication number: 20130216333
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming aerosol cans for metered dose inhalers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul A. Wilson, Mark Bolton, Derek A. Robinson, James E. Ribordy