Patents by Inventor Simon Mark Bryant

Simon Mark Bryant 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 and method for dispensing small quantities of particles
    Patent number: 7712634
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing small quantities of particles, the apparatus comprises a hopper provided with a sieve at a bottom portion thereof, the hopper in use containing powder to be dispensed therefrom through the sieve, a support for the hopper, the support holding a portion of the hopper so that the hopper can in use be held above a container into which the dispensed powder is to be received, and at least one actuator for delivering impact energy to the hopper for causing powder to be dispensed through the sieve when the hopper receives the impact energy, wherein the at least one actuator is arranged to deliver impact energy to the hopper from different directions and/or at different locations on the hopper. There is also provided a method of dispensing small quantities of particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Pfizer Limited
    Inventors: Donald Bruce Atherton MacMichael, William Robert Charles Opie, Simon Mark Bryant, Imogen Gill
  • Apparatus and method for dispensing small quantities of particles
    Publication number: 20040238561
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing small quantities of particles, the apparatus comprising a hopper provided with a sieve at a bottom portion thereof, the hopper in use containing powder to be dispensed therefrom through the sieve, a support for the hopper, the support holding a portion of the hopper so that the hopper can in use be held above a container into which the dispensed powder is to be received, and at least one actuator for delivering impact energy to the hopper for causing powder to be dispensed through the sieve when the hopper receives the impact energy, wherein the at least one actuator is arranged to deliver impact energy to the hopper from different directions and/or at different locations on the hopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Donald Bruce Atherton MacMichael, William Robert Charles Opie, Simon Mark Bryant, Imogen Gill