Patents by Inventor Ross W. Hetherington

Ross W. Hetherington 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).

  • Apparatus for fitting a resilient ring on a bottle
    Patent number: 4236305
    Abstract: A resilient ring is fitted over a shoulder and onto the bail band indent of a bottle by an apparatus having means for supporting and locating the resilient ring, means to locate and align the bottle with the ring, and ram means for relatively displacing the ring and bottle to force the ring over the shoulder of the bottle, the ring support means engaging the shoulder of the bottle under radially inwardly directed biassing forces while supporting the ring as it is deformed to pass over the shoulder means. Preferably, the support means has a multiplicity of circumferentially spaced jaw elements displaceable under spring biassing in respective guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1980
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Ross W. Hetherington, Kenneth J. Armstrong, Leonard Ireland, John Canty, Ernest R. Banfield