Patents by Inventor Martin James Smith

Martin James Smith 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: 8528605
    Abstract: A method of producing a coating composition in an in-store tinting machine comprising the steps of selecting a base paint, adding at least one additive to the base paint, adding at least one colorant to the base paint, the at least one colorant being selected from a range of colorants in the in-store tinting machine, mixing the base paint, the at least one colorant, and the at least one additive so as to produce a coating composition, in which the additive is not a base paint or a colorant from the range of colorants in the in-store tinting machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventor: Martin James Smith
  • Publication number: 20090126826
    Abstract: A method of producing a coating composition in an in-store tinting machine comprising the steps of selecting a base paint, adding at least one additive to the base paint, adding at least one colourant to the base paint, the at least one colourant being selected from a range of colourants in the in-store tinting machine, mixing the base paint, the at least one colourant, and the at least one additive so as to produce a coating composition, in which the additive is not a base paint or a colourant from the range of colourants in the in-store tinting machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC
    Inventor: Martin James Smith
  • Patent number: 7258296
    Abstract: A spiral winder is disclosed adapted to implement a new method for spirally winding a product of indefinite length, such as pipe, into a coil for packaging and/or transport to an end user. The spiral winder consists primarily of a rotor assembly (1) supporting a caster (7) such that product fed along the rotary axis to the caster (7) as the rotor (1) rotates is guided to the outlet from the caster to be deposited onto a pallet in the form of a planar spiral. By vertically indexing the pallet and reversing a radial motion of the caster outlet layers of planar spirals can be produced as a self supporting coil without the necessity of any internal mandrel or external retaining drum. By careful control of the stresses in the product as it passes to and from the caster (7) fragile product such as thin walled heat exchanger pipe can be coiled rapidly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Luvata Oy
    Inventors: Martin James Smith, Franklin George Strong, Duncan Parkinson
  • Patent number: 6871522
    Abstract: A continuous extrusion machine has a chassis (1) supporting a wheel (2) for rotation by a motor. An endless groove (7) extends around the periphery of the wheel (2). A shoe (3) is mounted in the chassis (1) and has an enveloping surface shaped to closely envelop an arc of the wheel (2) periphery so that the groove (7) co-operates with the shoe (3) to form a passage. An abutment is mounted on the shoe (3) to extend into the passage at a downstream end. Tooling is mounted in the shoe (3) including a die such that a material such as aluminum or copper bar fed into the groove (7) is extruded through the die as a consequence of the energy transfer via friction from the rotating wheel (2). A gap (12) exists between the enveloping surface and the wheel (2). The gap (12) is used to provide the orifice of a sonic gap (12) sensor whereby the size of the gap (12) can be accurately and directly measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Holton Machinery
    Inventors: Brian Maddock, Martin James Smith
  • Publication number: 20040118960
    Abstract: A spiral winder is disclosed adapted to implement a new method for spirally winding a product of indefinite length, such as pipe, into a coil for packaging and/or transport to an end user. The spiral winder consists primarily of a rotor assembly (1) supporting a caster (7) such that product fed along the rotary axis to the caster (7) as the rotor (1) rotates is guided to the outlet from the caster to be deposited onto a pallet in the form of a planar spiral. By vertically indexing the pallet and reversing a radial motion of the caster outlet layers of planar spirals can be produced as a self supporting coil without the necessity of any internal mandrel or external retaining drum. By careful control of the stresses in the product as it passes to and from the caster (7) fragile product such as thin walled heat exchanger pipe can be coiled rapidly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Martin James Smith, Franklin George Strong, Duncan Parkinson
  • Publication number: 20040045336
    Abstract: A continuous extrusion machine has a chassis (1) supporting a wheel (2) for rotation by a motor. An endless groove (7) extends around the periphery of the wheel (2). A shoe (3) is mounted in the chassis (1) and has an enveloping surface shaped to closely envelop an arc of the wheel (2) periphery so that the groove (7) co-operates with the shoe (3) to form a passage. An abutment is mounted on the shoe (3) to extend into the passage at a downstream end. Tooling is mounted in the shoe (3) including a die such that a material such as aluminium or copper bar fed into the groove (7) is extruded through the die as a consequence of the energy transfer via friction from the rotating wheel (2). A gap (12) exists between the enveloping surface and the wheel (2). The gap (12) is used to provide the orifice of a sonic gap (12) sensor whereby the size of the gap (12) can be accurately and directly measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Holton Machinery
    Inventors: Brian Maddock, Martin James Smith
  • Patent number: 6634415
    Abstract: A continuous extrusion machine has a chassis (1) supporting a wheel (2) for rotation by a motor. An endless groove (7) extends around the periphery of the wheel (2). A shoe (3) is mounted in the chassis (1) and has an enveloping surface shaped to closely envelop an arc of the wheel (2) periphery so that the groove (7) co-operates with the shoe (3) to form a passage. An abutment is mounted on the shoe (3) to extend into the passage at a downstream end. Tooling is mounted in the shoe (3) including a die such that a material such as aluminium or copper bar fed into the groove (7) is extruded through the die as a consequence of the energy transfer via friction from the rotating wheel (2). A gap (12) exists between the enveloping surface and the wheel (2). The gap (12) is used to provide the orifice of a sonic gap (12) sensor whereby the size of the gap (12) can be accurately and directly measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Holton Machinery
    Inventors: Brian Maddock, Martin James Smith
  • Patent number: 5665898
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for testing the operation of solenoids in a safety system by bypassing the solenoid operated pilot valve and applying a pneumatic control source to the system being tested through a bypass line while demonstrating the operation of the solenoid operated pilot valve for such a system using a test pressure source and a test input through the testing system. The system thereby permits continued operation of the process system while verifying proper operation of the safety system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company
    Inventors: Martin James Smith, Peter Yau-kwong Leung, Richard Arthur Stanley, Larry Lee Drake, Richard Thomas Mangan