Patents by Inventor Richard J. Hirst

Richard J. Hirst 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).

  • Labelling machines
    Patent number: 4896793
    Abstract: A machine particularly for applying labels to non-uniform items such as fruit and vegetables, the labels being provided along a carrier strip and the carrier strip having profiled edges, said machine including means for separating the labels from the carrier, a profiled means, such as a profiled roller, engageable with the edges of the carrier to advance the carrier strip from a storage means to the separating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Sinclair International Limited
    Inventors: Peter D. S. Briggs, Richard J. Hirst, Alan Constantine