Patents by Inventor Wesley Spencer Hawk

Wesley Spencer Hawk 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 making a plastic container having an oriented finish portion
    Patent number: 7611659
    Abstract: A method of making a plastic container, comprises injection molding a container preform having a finish portion and a body portion, engaging the container preform with a transfer arm with the finish portion located in a predetermined orientation with respect to the transfer arm, contacting the container preform with a first brake adapted to substantially prevent rotation of the container preform with respect to the transfer arm, transferring the container preform from the transfer arm to a blow molding wheel with the finish portion in a predetermined orientation with respect to the blow molding wheel, enclosing the container preform within a blow mold cavity, and blow molding the container preform into a plastic container. A blow molding apparatus for making a plastic container is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Wesley Spencer Hawk