Patents by Inventor Roger Self

Roger Self 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).

  • Method and apparatus for loading a container with a product
    Publication number: 20050183395
    Abstract: There is provided a method of loading a container with a defined quantity of product comprising closing off a perforation in a perforated plate; directing powder into the closed-off perforation by the sweeping action of a first director blade spaced from said perforated plate; and transferring the contents of the perforation to said container. The method is characterized by relative rotary motion of the perforated plate and said first director blade. Suitable apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Bailey, Jeremy Baker, Roger Self, Raymond Scherzer
  • Method and apparatus for making a tablet product
    Publication number: 20050118260
    Abstract: There is provided a method of forming a tablet product. The method comprises closing off a perforation in a perforated plate; directing powder into said closed-off perforation by the sweeping action of a first director blade spaced from said perforated plate; compacting the powder to form a tablet; and transferring the so-formed tablet from the closed-off perforation. The method is characterized by relative rotary motion of the perforated plate and said first director blade. Suitable apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Bailey, Jeremy Baker, Roger Self, Raymond Scherzer, Alan Wilson