Patents by Inventor Michael Wortley

Michael Wortley 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: 7490507
    Abstract: A method for measuring the movement of boundaries between different portions of a heterogeneous rock body is disclosed. The method comprises placing a plurality of blast movement monitors 109 in a rock body prior to blasting and noting the position of each blast movement monitor. The rock body is then blasted to break it up into a plurality of pieces. Thereafter the position of the blast movement monitors 109 is located and based on this the boundaries of rock portions can be adjusted to account for the blast. This leads to a more accurate reporting of different ore bodies to the appropriate processor in a heterogeneous rock body. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed. The apparatus comprises broadly a said monitor 109 and a receiver. The monitor 1 comprises a transmitter 109 received within a casing 111 that in turn is received within a housing 126. Further the casing 111 can move within the housing 126 and self right so that it always transmits its signal in an upright direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: University of Queensland
    Inventors: David Mario La Rosa, Darren Mark Thornton, Michael Wortley
  • Patent number: 7367269
    Abstract: A method for measuring the movement of boundaries between different portions of a heterogeneous rock body is disclosed. The method comprises placing a plurality of blast movement monitors 109 in a rock body prior to blasting and noting the position of each blast movement monitor. The rock body is then blasted to break it up into a plurality of pieces. Thereafter the position of the blast movement monitors 109 is located and based on this the boundaries of rock portions can be adjusted to account for the blast. This leads to a more accurate reporting of different ore bodies to the appropriate processor in a heterogeneous rock body. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed. The apparatus comprises broadly a said monitor 109 and a receiver. The monitor 1 comprises a transmitter 109 received within a casing 111 that in turn is received within a housing 126. Further the casing 111 can move within the housing 126 and self right so that it always transmits its signal in an upright direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: University of Queensland
    Inventors: David Mario La Rosa, Darren Mark Thornton, Michael Wortley
  • Publication number: 20070151471
    Abstract: A method for measuring the movement of boundaries between different portions of a heterogeneous rock body is disclosed. The method comprises placing a plurality of blast movement monitors 109 in a rock body prior to blasting and noting the position of each blast movement monitor. The rock body is then blasted to break it up into a plurality of pieces. Thereafter the position of the blast movement monitors 109 is located and based on this the boundaries of rock portions can be adjusted to account for the blast. This leads to a more accurate reporting of different ore bodies to the appropriate processor in a heterogeneous rock body. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed. The apparatus comprises broadly a said monitor 109 and a receiver. The monitor 1 comprises a transmitter 109 received within a casing 111 that in turn is received within a housing 126. Further the casing 111 can move within the housing 126 and self right so that it always transmits its signal in an upright direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: David La Rosa, Darren Thornton, Michael Wortley
  • Publication number: 20050012499
    Abstract: A method for measuring the movement of boundaries between different portions of a heterogeneous rock body is disclosed. The method comprises placing a plurality of blast movement monitors 109 in a rock body prior to blasting and noting the position of each blast movement monitor. The rock body is then blasted to break it up into a plurality of pieces. Thereafter the position of the blast movement monitors 109 is located and based on this the boundaries of rock portions can be adjusted to account for the blast. This leads to a more accurate reporting of different ore bodies to the appropriate processor in a heterogeneous rock body. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed. The apparatus comprises broadly a said monitor 109 and a receiver. The monitor 1 comprises a transmitter 109 received within a casing 111 that in turn is received within a housing 126. Further the casing 111 can move within the housing 126 and self right so that it always transmits its signal in an upright direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: David La Rosa, Darren Thornton, Michael Wortley
  • Patent number: 4625897
    Abstract: A metering dispenser assembly comprises a squeeze bottle 1 with a metering cup 3 fitting in the neck of the bottle and carrying a dip tube 9 which extends to the bottom of the bottle. The dip tube, or at least a pillar 7 into which it fits, terminates at a level between the top and bottom of the cup, and there is a vent hole at this level to provide communication between the container and atmosphere. The vent is small enough not to allow significant leakage from the cup during a dispensing operation. The vent could instead be alongside the dip tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Assignee: Sunbeam Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Wortley
  • Patent number: 4362253
    Abstract: A re-closable tamper-proof closure assembly for containers comprises a cap with a tamper-proof strip attached to the skirt of the cap by a breakable web but the strip is free of any tabs graspable by the user's hand, and is broken away from the cap simply by the act of removing the cap by pushing upwards on a stout lug. There may be a gap in the web already in the region of the lug, and at the opposite side of the cap the skirt is extended downwards to form a tongue between the ends of the strip. There can be a bead on the container neck for snap engagement of the cap on re-use, in addition to the bead engaged by the tamper-proof strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Assignee: Cope Allman Plastics Limited
    Inventors: Michael Wortley, Michael Hughes, Robert Povey