Patents by Inventor Nigel Williams
Nigel Williams 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).
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Publication number: 20100270147Abstract: The present invention provides a portable, compact, metallizer for metallizing an article with a coating of metal. The metallizer includes a circular transport member having a plurality of cavities each for receiving an object to be metallized; wherein each cavity and object passes through a loading station and a metallization station. The transport member moves each of the cavities to a loading station for receiving the object and then to a metallization station for metallizing the object. Vacuum means are provided for creating a partial vacuum in one of the cavities at the loading station. A metallization unit is disposed at the metallization station having a magnetron for creating an electromagnetic field for energizing a source of gas. A source of metal is impacted by the energized gas to metallize the object in one of the cavities. A turbo pump is provided for creating a high vacuum in one of the cavities when it is at the metallization station.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2009Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventor: Nigel Williams
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Publication number: 20100172872Abstract: Use as an anti-cancer agent of a mutant herpes simplex virus wherein the mutant virus comprises a modification in the ?34.5 gene in the long repeat region (RL) such that the ?34.5 gene is a non-functional, manufacture of medicaments and methods of testing cancer in mammals employing HSV mutant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2010Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicants: CRUSADE LABORATORIES LIMITED, THE WISTAR INSTITUTEInventors: Alasdair Roderick MacLean, Susanne Moira Brown, Nigel William Fraser, Bruce Paul Randazzo
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Patent number: 7674468Abstract: Use as an anti-cancer agent of a mutant herpes simplex virus wherein the mutant virus comprises a modification in the ?34.5 gene in the long repeat region (RL) such that the ?34.5 gene is a non-functional, manufacture of medicaments and methods of testing cancer in mammals employing HSV mutant.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2005Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignees: Crusade Laboratories Limited, The Wistar InstituteInventors: Alasdair Roderick MacLean, Susanne Moira Brown, Nigel William Fraser, Bruce Paul Randazzo
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Publication number: 20070077123Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid barrier assembly (1) for the prevention of flow of liquid from one area to an adjacent area. The assembly (1) comprises at least two barriers (2,3) each comprising a substantially rigid container and a front wall (5) against which, in use, liquid is intended to be incident. Adjacent barriers (2,3) are linked by a connector (12) which comprises a first relatively rigid portion (13) and a second relatively deformable portion (15). The portions (13, 15) are received in respective recesses defined in neighbouring side walls of adjacent barriers (2,3). The second portion (15) is deformed upon juxtaposition of adjacent barriers (2,3) in a predetermined manner so as to form an effective water-tight seal between the barriers (2,3). The arrangement is particularly suitable for flood defence barriers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2004Publication date: April 5, 2007Inventors: Nigel Williams, Richard Preston, Jamys Peacock, Stuart White, Gary Ralph, Adrian Petty, Christopher Peacock, David Boast
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Patent number: 6227370Abstract: A tiered pack comprising a plurality of tiers 10, 10′, 10″ each comprising a generally planar base 1 and a plurality of compartment defining dividers 21 supported thereon, wherein one or more dividers 21 of at least one of the tiers and the base 1 of an adjacent tier include respective complementary engaging means 16, 24 for enhancing the stability and rigidity of the pack. The pack may be placed on a conventional pallet and shrink-wrapped once each compartment has been filled with goods thereby forming a transit package.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1999Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: Linpac Containers LimitedInventors: Nigel William Earnshaw, Michael Hartley
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Patent number: 5851256Abstract: A method of operating a regenerative glass furnace for melting glass for the manufacture of shaped glass articles so as to minimize emission of NOx in waste gases leaving the furnace, the furnace having sealed regenerators which act as heat exchangers, the method including supplying fuel in excess of that required for stoichiometric combustion to ensure that glass of the required quality at the required production rate is obtained, and that the waste gases leaving the furnace through the regenerators contain combustible material, and reacting the combustible material with sufficient air to ensure that the waste gases exiting to atmosphere contain permissible levels of combustible material and contain permissible levels of NOx. Alternatively, the furnace may be operated at substantially stoichiometric conditions and fuel is supplied to waste gases as they leave the melting chamber. The invention also relates to a regenerator glass furnace for use in the method.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1996Date of Patent: December 22, 1998Assignee: Pilkington Glass LimitedInventors: Richard Quirk, David Alan Bird, Ian Nigel William Shulver, Robin Maxwell McIntosh
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Patent number: 5849059Abstract: A method of operating a cross-fired regenerative glass furnace for melting flat glass so as to minimize emission of NOx in waste gases leaving the furnace, the furnace having sealed regenerators which act as heat exchangers, the method including supplying fuel in excess of that required for stoichiometric combustion to ensure that glass of the required quality at the required production rate is obtained, and that the waste gases leaving the furnace through the regenerators contain combustible material, and reacting the combustible material with sufficient air to ensure that the waste gases exiting to atmosphere contain permissible levels of combustible material and permissible levels of NOx. Alternatively, the furnace may be operated at substantially stoichiometric conditions and fuel is supplied to the waste gases as they leave the melting chamber. The invention also relates to a cross-fired regenerator glass furnace for use in the method.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1996Date of Patent: December 15, 1998Assignee: Pilkington Glass LimitedInventors: Richard Quirk, David Alan Bird, Ian Nigel William Shulver, Robin Maxwell McIntosh
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Patent number: 5837028Abstract: A method of operating a cross-fired regenerative glass furnace for melting flat glass so as to minimize emission of NOx in waste gases leaving the furnace, the furnace having sealed regenerators which act as heat exchangers, the method including supplying fuel in excess of that required for stoichiometric combustion to ensure that glass of the required quality at the required production rate is obtained, and that the waste gases leaving the furnace through the regenerators contain combustible material, and reacting the combustible material with sufficient air to ensure that the waste gases exiting to atmosphere contain permissible levels of combustible material and permissible levels of NOx. Alternatively, the furnace may be operated at substantially stoichiometric conditions and fuel is supplied to the waste gases as they leave the melting chamber. The invention also relates to a cross-fired regenerator glass furnace for use in the method.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1996Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: Pilkington Glass LimitedInventors: Richard Quirk, David Alan Bird, Ian Nigel William Shulver, Robin Maxwell McIntosh
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Patent number: 5833730Abstract: A method of operating a regenerative glass furnace for melting glass for the manufacture of shaped glass articles so as to minimize emission of NOx in waste gases leaving the furnace, the furnace having sealed regenerators which act as heat exchangers, the method including supplying fuel in excess of that required for stoichiometric combustion to ensure that glass of the required quality at the required production rate is obtained, and that the waste gases leaving the furnace through the regenerators contain combustible material, and reacting the combustible material with sufficient air to ensure that the waste gases exiting to atmosphere contain permissible levels of combustible material and contain permissible levels of NOx. Alternatively, the furnace may be operated at substantially stoichiometric conditions and fuel is supplied to waste gases as they leave the melting chamber. The invention also relates to a regenerative glass furnace for use in the method.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1996Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Pilkington Glass LimitedInventors: Richard Quirk, David Alan Bird, Ian Nigel William Shulver, Robin Maxwell McIntosh
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Patent number: 5820651Abstract: A method of operating a regenerative glass furnace for melting glass for the manufacture of shaped glass articles so as to minimize emission of NOx in waste gases leaving the furnace, the furnace having sealed regenerators which act as heat exchangers, the method includes supplying fuel in excess of that required for stoichiometric combustion to ensure that glass of the required quality at the required production rate is obtained, and that the waste gases leaving the furnace through the regenerators contain combustible material, and reacting the combustible material with sufficient air to ensure that the waste gases exiting to atmosphere contain permissible levels of combustible material and contain permissible levels of NOx. Alternatively, the furnace may be operated at substantially stoichiometric conditions and fuel is supplied to waste gases as they leave the melting chamber. The invention also relates to a regenerator glass furnace for use in the method.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1996Date of Patent: October 13, 1998Assignee: Pilkington Glass LimitedInventors: Richard Quirk, David Alan Bird, Ian Nigel William Shulver, Robin Maxwell McIntosh
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Patent number: 5810901Abstract: A method of operating a cross-fired regenerative glass furnace for melting flat glass so as to minimize emission of NOx in waste gases leaving the furnace, the furnace having sealed regenerators which act as heat exchangers, the method includes supplying fuel in excess of that required for stoichiometric combustion to ensure that glass of the required quality at the required production rate is obtained, and that the waste gases leaving the furnace through the regenerators contain combustible material, and reacting the combustible material with sufficient air to ensure that the waste gases exiting to atmosphere contain permissible levels of combustible material and permissible levels of NOx. Alternatively, the furnace may be operated at substantially stoichiometric conditions and fuel is supplied to the waste gases as they leave the melting chamber. The invention also relates to a cross-fired regenerator glass furnace for use in the method.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1996Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Assignee: Pilkington Glass LimitedInventors: Richard Quirk, David Alan Bird, Ian Nigel William Shulver, Robin Maxwell McIntosh
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Patent number: D382689Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1996Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Inventor: Nigel William Bernard Ball