Patents by Inventor Wallace Loyd Rowland, Jr.

Wallace Loyd Rowland, Jr. 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 extracting contents of a package
    Patent number: 4034868
    Abstract: An apparatus for extracting contents of package by sequentially moving individual packages from a storage area to a first dwell position in which a first structure removes the outer wrap while holding the inner wrap and contents motionless and then moving the inner wrap, plus contents, to a second dwell position in which a second structure removes the inner wrap while holding the contents essentially stationary. Once the inner wrap is removed, the now free contents are themselves removed from the operating area and the sequence begins anew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventor: Wallace Loyd Rowland, Jr.
  • Method for extracting contents of a package
    Patent number: 3991892
    Abstract: A method for extracting the contents of a package by sequentially moving packages from a storage area to a dwell position in which the outer wrap is removed while holding the inner wrap and the contents of the package motionless. The inner wrap is then moved with the contents to a second position in which the inner wrap is removed while holding the contents essentially stationary. Once the inner wrap is removed, the free contents of the package are transported from the area where the inner wrap was removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Inventor: Wallace Loyd Rowland, Jr.