Patents by Inventor Stephen Whittacker Into

Stephen Whittacker Into 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 ebeam treatment of webs and products made therefrom
    Patent number: 8735850
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sterilization of webs and products made therefrom using electron beams (ebeams) is provided. A controller is configured to modulate an ebeam to ensure that a non-continuously moving web is sterilized within a desired range of exposure. During sterilization in place operations, manifolds are configured to operate to ensure that sterilants do not enter an irradiation zone to prevent damage to ebeam emitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: P. Michael Fletcher, Arthur Somerstein, James Hoffmaster, Michael Lawrence Bufano, Stephen Whittacker Into
  • EBEAM STERILIZATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110012030
    Abstract: Improved electron beam sterilization apparatus and shielding techniques for use in are provided. A controller modulates an ebeam when sterilizing an interior to an object to ensure that adequate dose is received. Sterilization carousels are configured with input/discharge feeds to reduce the possibility of humans being exposed to dangerous levels of radiation. The system reduces the amount of shielding required to thereby lower cost of installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Lawrence Bufano, Steven Raymond Walther, Peter F. Hays, William Frederick Thomson, Arthur Wayne Sommerstein, Gerald Martin Friedman, P. Michael Fletcher, Stephen Whittacker Into, Anne Testoni, Brian S. Phillips
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EBEAM TREATMENT OF WEBS AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20110006225
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for sterilization of webs and products made therefrom using electron beams (ebeams) is provided. A controller is configured to modulate an ebeam to ensure that a non-continuously moving web is sterilized within a desired range of exposure. During sterilization in place operations, manifolds are configured to operate to ensure that sterilants do not enter an irradiation zone to prevent damage to ebeam emitters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: P. Michael Fletcher, Arthur Somerstein, James Hoffmaster, Michael Lawrence Bufano, Stephen Whittacker Into