Patents by Inventor Peter William Pridham

Peter William Pridham 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: 5979146
    Abstract: An apparatus for wrapping an article, such as a bale of silage, in a stretchable polymeric film comprising a pair of stretch rollers for stretching the film, a film dispenser for delivering the film to the stretch rollers and means for rotating the article to take up stretched film from the stretch rollers. The means for driving the stretch rollers comprises at least one first hydraulic motor, and the means for rotating the article comprises at least one second hydraulic motor, and the at least one first hydraulic motor and the at least one second hydraulic motor are connected in series. The at least one second hydraulic motor is run at least partially on the exhaust from the at least one first hydraulic motor such that the ratio of outputs of the at least one first hydraulic motor and the at least one second hydraulic motor is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventors: Kenneth Stephen Eddin Orpen, Peter William Pridham