Patents by Inventor Philip Kearne

Philip Kearne 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).

  • Solid particulate material application device
    Patent number: 7045167
    Abstract: A device for the application of solid particulate material to a target surface includes one or more containers for storing the solid particulate material and one or more transfer devices for transferring the solid particulate material from the containers to the target surface. Each container includes one or more gates positioned substantially at the container's outlet. Mechanisms are provided for controlling the extent to which each individual gate opens, while the device is in use; and for controlling the rate at which the transfer devices transfer the solid particulate material from the containers while the device for the application of solid particulate material to a target surface is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: J&K Development LLC
    Inventors: James Nelson Maytum, Simon Charles Peter Jennings, Philip Kearne
  • Solid particulate material application device
    Publication number: 20040060511
    Abstract: A device for the application of solid particulate material to a target surface includes one or more containers for storing the solid particulate material and one or more transfer devices for transferring the solid particulate material from the containers to the target surface. Each container includes one or more gates positioned substantially at the container's outlet. Mechanisms are provided for controlling the extent to which each individual gate opens, while the device is in use; and for controlling the rate at which the transfer devices transfer the solid particulate material from the containers while the device for the application of solid particulate material to a target surface is in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: James Nelson Maytum, Simon Charles Peter Jennings, Philip Kearne