Patents by Inventor Russell W. Rohrssen

Russell W. Rohrssen 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).

  • Feed assembly for pack seal tester
    Patent number: 5898104
    Abstract: A feed assembly for a pack seal tester includes a vertically extending housing having a top opening for receipt of packages therein and a bottom opening for discharge of packages therefrom. The housing includes a feed hopper comprised of two parallel movable opposed spaced C-shaped sidewalls. A piston plate is aligned to remove packages from the bottom opening and into a package test chamber, the package test chamber being in alignment with the bottom opening. The package test chamber includes means to align said packages at a preselected position for testing by a pack seal tester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
    Inventors: Russell W. Rohrssen, Frank W. Simmons