Patents by Inventor Nigel Paul Brooks

Nigel Paul Brooks 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).

  • Ultrasonic maintenance cap
    Patent number: 10543687
    Abstract: A maintenance cap is provided for in-situ attachment to a printhead of printing apparatus. The maintenance cap comprises a housing defining at least one chamber for receiving a liquid. An opening in the housing provides a path for the liquid to pass from the chamber into a portion of the printhead when the maintenance cap is engaged with the printhead. The maintenance cap also includes a seal disposed around the opening for engagement with the printhead. A transducer coupled to the housing is used to generate ultrasound acoustic waves in the liquid contained in the chamber and printhead so as to clean the printhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: TONEJET LIMITED
    Inventors: Fred (Fahad) Hussain, Phillip Zachary Green, Ian Philip Butler Ingham, Nigel Paul Brooks
  • Air management system for smoking machines
    Patent number: 10436679
    Abstract: An ashtray is disclosed for use with a smoking machine for smoking a smoking article. The ashtray comprises directional fins underneath the ashtray for directing airflow over the smoking article. This can allow the direction of airflow to be confined to a well-defined path, and turbulence in the airflow to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MPRD LIMITED
    Inventors: Nigel Paul Brooks, Peter Francis Jordan
  • ULTRASONIC MAINTENANCE CAP
    Publication number: 20180304634
    Abstract: A maintenance cap is provided for in-situ attachment to a printhead of printing apparatus. The maintenance cap comprises a housing defining at least one chamber for receiving a liquid. An opening in the housing provides a path for the liquid to pass from the chamber into a portion of the printhead when the maintenance cap is engaged with the printhead. The maintenance cap also includes a seal disposed around the opening for engagement with the printhead. A transducer coupled to the housing is used to generate ultrasound acoustic waves in the liquid contained in the chamber and printhead so as to clean the printhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Fred (Fahad) Hussain, Phillip Zachary Green, Ian Philip Butler Ingham, Nigel Paul Brooks
  • AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SMOKING MACHINES
    Publication number: 20160187233
    Abstract: An ashtray is disclosed for use with a smoking machine for smoking a smoking article. The ashtray comprises directional fins underneath the ashtray for directing airflow over the smoking article. This can allow the direction of airflow to be confined to a well-defined path, and turbulence in the airflow to be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Nigel Paul Brooks, Peter Francis Jordan