Patents by Inventor Robert L. Newcomb

Robert L. Newcomb 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).

  • Publication number: 20250042116
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a fixed assembly and a reciprocating assembly. The fixed assembly includes a hopper, a first gas manifold, and a dispensing chamber, and the reciprocating assembly includes a channel assembly defining a channel conduit, a shield plate vertically aligned therewith, and a second gas manifold. The reciprocating assembly may move, in relation to the fixed assembly, to a first position to enable the channel conduit to be filled with bulk compressible material from the hopper, a second position to enable compressible material to be pushed from the channel conduit to the dispensing conduit and to be compressed in the dispensing chamber according to a first gas directed through the channel conduit by the first gas manifold, and a third position to enable the compressed material to be pushed out of the dispensing conduit according to a second gas directed through the dispensing conduit by the second gas manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Thien NGUYEN, Sean SUNDBERG, Jeremy STRAIGHT, Berina YERKIC-HUSEJNOVIC, Jarrod W. CHALKLEY, James D. EVANS, Christopher R. NEWCOMB, Robert V. POWELL, JR., Gregory L. NELSON
  • Patent number: 6119276
    Abstract: A sport goggle and a system for ventilating a sport goggle is shown and described. The sport goggle has a strap, a lens structure, and a frame having a first edge extending laterally across the wearer's forehead. The first edge is shaped such that a portion of the first edge is curved in a concave up direction when the sport goggle is in a position of use, and such that, when the sport goggle is worn in combination with a helmet, one or more gaps are created between the first edge and a second edge on the front of the helmet. The first edge has a first opening located to allow air to flow into the goggle chamber. Increased goggle ventilation through the first opening can be caused by either the concave up portion of the first edge, or the gaps between the first and second edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Smith Sport Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Newcomb, Thomas E. Meyerhoffer
  • Patent number: D413915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Smith Sport Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Newcomb, Thomas E. Meyerhoffer