Patents by Inventor Simon Peter Edwards

Simon Peter Edwards 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 aseptic serial filling of containers
    Patent number: 7373959
    Abstract: A flexible bag container (10) is filled by a system (500) and method for filling the bag container (10). The flexible bag container (10) has a pair of walls (12, 14) and a spout member (18) attached to one side wall of the container. This spout member is opened and closed in the filling system. A plug member (22) is inserted into the spout member (18) from outside of the bag container (10) and is withdrawable in the opposite direction in order to open the bag container. The bag container is filled via the spout member after removal of the plug member outwardly of the bag container and into a filling head, and then the plug member is replaced from within the filling head into the spout member to close the bag container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Scholle Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Peter Edwards, Douglas Kent Stricklin, Chester Savage, Donald E. Ripley