Patents by Inventor Mark McClure

Mark McClure 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).

  • Patent number: 10034492
    Abstract: A cigarette holder for filter-less or hand rolled cigarettes that comprises a hollow tube with a flange extending from its end and at least one spring which presses directly or indirectly against the proximate side of the flange. The spring is compressed and the flanged tube is inserted into the end of a cigarette. The spring is then released and it extends to secure the paper from the cigarette around the outside of the tube and against the flange. The cigarette is then held firmly in place such that it extends away from both the fingers and the lips with the cigarette holder's tube is in its interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Inventor: Anthony Mark McClure
  • Publication number: 20150327594
    Abstract: A cigarette holder for filter-less or hand rolled cigarettes that comprises a hollow tube with a flange extending from its end and at least one spring which presses directly or indirectly against the proximate side of the flange. The spring is compressed and the flanged tube is inserted into the end of a cigarette. The spring is then released and it extends to secure the paper from the cigarette around the outside of the tube and against the flange. The cigarette is then held firmly in place such that it extends away from both the fingers and the lips with the cigarette holder's tube is in its interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventor: Anthony Mark McClure
  • Patent number: 8833406
    Abstract: An ice supply system delivers a product to a product engagement device having at least one product engagement jaw, and a discharge tube. An engaged product is delivered at an outlet of the tube. The ice supply system includes a sensor disposed in communication with a product stream to detect the product at a sensor elevation, and communicate the presence of product to a controller. The ice supply system further includes a product receptacle for receiving the engaged product. The product receptacle may be mobile or have an elevation adjustment, thereby providing the ability to create a product pile of a predetermined height beneath the discharge tube. In this configuration, the controller ceases the flow of product when the pile height reaches the sensor disposed in the discharge tube. Alternatively, the ice supply system includes a diverter to toggle between first and second flowpaths, thereby delivering engaged and non-engaged product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Ice Link, LLC
    Inventors: J. Eric Berge, Brandon Berge, Mark McClure, Glenn Seamark
  • Publication number: 20130087577
    Abstract: An ice supply system delivers a product to a product engagement device having at least one product engagement jaw, and a discharge tube. An engaged product is delivered at an outlet of the tube. The ice supply system includes a sensor disposed in communication with a product stream to detect the product at a sensor elevation, and communicate the presence of product to a controller. The ice supply system further includes a product receptacle for receiving the engaged product. The product receptacle may be mobile or have an elevation adjustment, thereby providing the ability to create a product pile of a predetermined height beneath the discharge tube. In this configuration, the controller ceases the flow of product when the pile height reaches the sensor disposed in the discharge tube. Alternatively, the ice supply system includes a diverter to toggle between first and second flowpaths, thereby delivering engaged and non-engaged product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: J.Eric Berge, Brandon Berge, Mark McClure, Glenn Seamark
  • Patent number: 8404092
    Abstract: The invention is a high-throughput multi-capillary system utilizing a 2-dimensional mask onto which the detection windows of the capillaries are lined up in alternating columns and rows. The image of the capillaries is projected onto a 2-dimensional detection system, such as a charge-coupled-detector (CCD) array. Each row and column of the capillary detection windows is imaged in a separate area of the CCD array, which results in reduced cross-talk between capillaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Boeke, Mark McClure, Wei Wei, Ho-Ming Pang
  • Publication number: 20070209181
    Abstract: A boiler wall tube tool has a first clamp member positioned about one side of the boiler wall and a second clamp member positioned about the opposite side of the boiler wall. The first clamp member has recess or recesses for receiving the tube therein. The second clamp member has a radius or radiuses abutting against the opposite side of the tube. Thus, the tube is impinged between the first clamp member and the second clamp member. Means secure the first clamp member and the second clamp member to one another about the tube or tubes, with means inserted through slots formed in the first clamp member and the second clamp member and penetrating through openings formed in the boiler wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventor: Mark McClure
  • Publication number: 20070210498
    Abstract: A boiler wall tube tool comprises a pair of opposed clamp members, each one of the clamp members having a nose intermediately disposed between a recess and a planar or inclined wall, and an aperture formed centrally through the clamp member. The clamp members oriented so that the recess of one of the clamp members is substantially aligned with the planar wall of the remaining clamp member for engaging a boiler wall tube therebetween. The aperture of one clamp member is substantially aligned with the aperture of the remaining clamp member. Means for moving the clamp members toward each other for secure clamping engagement of the tubes for maintaining the clamp members in alignment while connecting the ends of the tubes by welding is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventor: Mark McClure
  • Patent number: 5375840
    Abstract: A set of golf iron clubs is disclosed that, through unique structural features, provides excellent playing characteristics and enhances a player's ability to play accurate shots. Each club in the set has a head with a face angle of at least 1/2.degree. and a concentration of mass formed within the head. Face angles decrease sequentially from the longest iron in the set to the shortest iron in the set, while the Concentrations of mass also vary sequentially in location from a high heel location in the longest iron to being disposed further toward a sole and toe location in the shortest iron. The face angles are preferably at least 1.degree., more preferably in the range of 1/2.degree. to 5.degree., and most preferably in the range of about 1.degree. to about 31/2.degree.. Also disclosed are the individual clubs in the set. The shaft grip of each club also incorporates a reminder for enabling a golfer to maintain the striking face in proper alignment with the golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated II
    Inventors: Robert D. Hirsch, Richard J. Liesz, Mark McClure, Christopher Best
  • Patent number: D353644
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Cobra Golf Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert D. Hirsch, Richard J. Liesz, Mark McClure, Christopher Best