Patents by Inventor Mike McDougall

Mike McDougall 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 packing product in a tubular casing
    Patent number: 11459135
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of packing product in a tubular casing is provided. The method includes providing a continuous length of tubular casing, providing an expansion plug within the tubular casing, grasping the casing upstream end with a casing grabber, moving the casing grabber away from the expansion plug towards an outlet end of a product feed conduit, feeding product from the product feed conduit through the casing upstream end into the tubular casing, and cutting the tubular casing downstream of the product to sever an upstream casing segment from the remaining continuous length of tubular casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: AREA52 LTD
    Inventors: Tim Fogarty, Mike McDougall, Joel Devito
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKING PRODUCT IN A TUBULAR CASING
    Publication number: 20210371141
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of packing product in a tubular casing is provided. The method includes providing a continuous length of tubular casing, providing an expansion plug within the tubular casing, grasping the casing upstream end with a casing grabber, moving the casing grabber away from the expansion plug towards an outlet end of a product feed conduit, feeding product from the product feed conduit through the casing upstream end into the tubular casing, and cutting the tubular casing downstream of the product to sever an upstream casing segment from the remaining continuous length of tubular casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Tim Fogarty, Mike McDougall, Joel Devito