Patents by Inventor Neal D. Turner

Neal D. Turner 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).

  • Process and apparatus for decorating packages with convex surfaces
    Publication number: 20040261948
    Abstract: The purpose is to simplify the heat transfer process and extend the performance range of the corresponding installations. The purpose is achieved by arranging for opposite movements of the conveyor (4) with the cylindrical packings (5) and those of the conveyor (7, 7′) with the decoration, rotating the objects (5) by means of the movement of the conveyor (7, 7′) and applying the necessary heat to the conveyor (7, 7′). Such processes and devices are used in the foodstuffs and beverages industry among others to decorate cylindrical packings of different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: HEINEKEN TECHNICAL SERVICES, B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Brandt, Daniel N. Wilkens, Neal D. Turner, Harold N. Turner
  • Process and apparatus for decorating packages with convex surfaces
    Patent number: 6811644
    Abstract: The purpose is to simplify the heat transfer process and extend the performance range of the corresponding installations. The purpose is achieved by arranging for opposite movements of the conveyor (4) with the cylindrical packings (5) and those of the conveyor (7, 7′) with the decoration, rotating the objects (5) by means of the movement of the conveyor (7, 7′) and applying the necessary heat to the conveyor (7, 7′). Such processes and devices are used in the foodstuffs and beverages industry among others to decorate cylindrical packings of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Heineken Technical Services, B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Brandt, Daniel N. Wilkens, Neal D. Turner, Harold N. Turner
  • Process and apparatus for decorating packages with convex surfaces
    Publication number: 20030015297
    Abstract: The purpose is to simplify the heat transfer process and extend the performance range of the corresponding installations. The purpose is achieved by arranging for opposite movements of the conveyor (4) with the cylindrical packings (5) and those of the conveyor (7, 7′) with the decoration, rotating the objects (5) by means of the movement of the conveyor (7, 7′) and applying the necessary heat to the conveyor (7, 7′). Such processes and devices are used in the foodstuffs and beverages industry among others to decorate cylindrical packings of different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas L. Brandt, Daniel N. Willkens, Neal D. Turner, Harold N. Turner
  • Method and apparatus for removing label from a container
    Patent number: 5672231
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for removing a label from a container which includes a cylindrical surface, by blowing air so as to be incident tangentially with respect to the cylindrical surface of the container and flow along the container surface toward a leading edge of the label as the container is rotated. An air knife having an air exit slit and a substantially planar surface disposed adjacent to and substantially perpendicular to the air exit slit utilizes the Coanda effect, such that air exiting from the air exit slit bends around and follows the substantially planar surface so as to flow tangentially to the cylindrical surface of the container and thereby remove the label as the container is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Brandt Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel N. Willkens, Neal D. Turner