Patents by Inventor Richard C. Edstrom

Richard C. Edstrom 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: 6070753
    Abstract: A container holds fluids, such as motor oil, and is sized to hold about one quart or one liter. The container has a rectangular base portion, and a top portion is formed integral with the base portion, the top portion being shaped like an offset, inverted funnel. The top portion has an opening forming a mouth, an outside edge of the mouth being in substantial alignment with a first side of the base portion. A concave, arcuate top panel extends from an opposing second side of the base portion to the mouth, and the top panel has a ridge along the center of its length for increasing top load strength and for providing a flow channel for fluid within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Richard N. Hirst, Herbert M. Meyers, Richard C. Edstrom, Richard G. Kraft
  • Patent number: 5379927
    Abstract: A package, with a nozzle, a chamber, a cap which fits over the nozzle, and a pin attached to the interior of the cap which fits into the opening of the nozzle, for storing and dispensing a liquid, having an improved closure mechanism comprising at least one rectangular stopping member and at least one rectangular band in the interior of the cap and at least one guide flange on the nozzle. The package also has a plurality of guide ribs located around the nozzle to aid in the proper placement of the cap. The package is designed to be leak proof, nonclogging, able to dispense the liquid precisely, and can be easily opened even when the pin has bonded to the opening of the nozzle without breaking or shearing the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Loctite Corporation
    Inventors: Robert E. Montenieri, Maurice T. O'Connell, Alan T. Crampton, Geoffrey F. Seymour, Richard C. Edstrom, Bryon J. Bourgeois
  • Patent number: 4060105
    Abstract: To add toner to the toner hopper of an electrostatic reproduction machine without contaminating either the operator or the interior of the machine, an improved toner bottle and receiver coact so as to eliminate or minimize the danger of generating toner clouds or spilling toner during the loading operation. The bottle has a body and a cap rotatably mounted on one end of the body. The body has a plurality of locating and locking lugs which coact with corresponding channels in the receiver so that the bottle can be inserted into the receiver in only one position. When a closed toner bottle is inserted into the receiver, a lip serves both to position the cap relative to an inlet opening of the receiver, and to retain the cap in this position as the body is rotated so that openings in the body and cap are aligned with the inlet opening; a suitable mechanism stops the body when the three openings are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1977
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald F. Feldeisen, John A. Minchak, Richard B. Gerstman, Herbert M. Meyers, Richard C. Edstrom
  • Patent number: D250929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Assignee: The Nestle Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard B. Gerstman, Herbert M. Meyers, Richard C. Edstrom
  • Patent number: D288531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis A. Tarasevich, Richard C. Edstrom, Richard N. Hirst, David O. Pressler, Herbert M. Myers
  • Patent number: D315791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Herbert M. Meyers, David O. Pressler, Richard C. Edstrom, Richard N. Hirst
  • Patent number: D316225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Warner-Lambert Company
    Inventors: Richard C. Edstrom, Richard N. Hirst, Richard B. Gerstman, David O. Pressler
  • Patent number: D337524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Adam Sherman, Herbert M. Meyers, Richard C. Edstrom, Richard N. Hirst
  • Patent number: D345693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventor: Richard C. Edstrom
  • Patent number: D348521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Herbert M. Meyers, David O. Pressler, Richard C. Edstrom, Richard N. Hirst, Geraldine A. Pelanek, Daniel A. Slater
  • Patent number: D348606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventor: Richard C. Edstrom
  • Patent number: D366612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Loctite Corporation
    Inventors: Richard C. Edstrom, Bryon J. Bourgeois, Richard N. Hirst
  • Patent number: D382812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Emily K. Kokenge, Richard N. Hirst, Richard C. Edstrom
  • Patent number: D392892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Herbert M. Meyers, Richard N. Hirst, Richard C. Edstrom, Richard G. Kraft