Patents by Inventor Roger Challis

Roger Challis 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: 20050286028
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for securing a projector. The apparatus is mountable to a ceiling drop pipe and comprises a cage and a drop pipe connector assembly. The cage has a plurality of interconnected members that together define an enclosure for housing a projector and impeding removal of the projector from the cage. At least some of the members are connected together by a member fastener that is fastenable only from inside the cage. The position of at least some of the members can be adjusted relative to other members so that the size of the enclosure can be adjusted to fit the projector snugly therein, thereby impeding access to the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventor: Roger Challis
  • Patent number: 4212662
    Abstract: In a method of heating a glass sheet which is moved on a conveyor which contacts one face of the sheet, anticlastic bending of the sheet is caused, and the stable anticlastic shape of the sheet is determined such that the sheet is arched away from the conveyor transversely of the sheet with respect to the conveying direction and with the sheet having a reverse curvature along its longitudinal extent so that the leading and trailing edges of the sheet are bent away from the conveyor. This reduces the contact between the contacted surface of each glass sheet and keeps the leading edge of each sheet clear of the conveyor. Anticlastic bending of the sheet is caused by producing a temperature differential between the central area and at least a part of the periphery of the sheet, for example, by heating said part of the periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Assignee: Triplex Safety Glass Company Limited
    Inventors: Paul A. Brereton, Roger Challis