Patents by Inventor William Stirling

William Stirling 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).

  • Publication number: 20200037033
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for an interactive image file. The computer may receive at least one image and a plurality of business logic associated with the at least one image. The at least one image may be encoded into at least one image block, wherein the at least one image block contains a plurality of images stored within a single file at different offsets. A table of contents may be generated for the at least one image block, wherein the table of contents contains a list of the at least one image block, a location of the at least one image block, and an identifier for each of the at least one image block. A single image file may be created for the interactive image file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Florian Pinel, Robert N. Redmond, William Stirling Spann, III
  • Patent number: 9035119
    Abstract: This invention relates to the oligomerization of olefinic compounds in the presence of an activated oligomerization catalyst. The invention also extends to a particular manner for providing an activated oligomerization catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Sasol Technology (PTY) Limited
    Inventors: Sean William Ewart, Brian William Stirling Kolthammer, David Matthew Smith, Martin John Hanton, John Thomas Dixon, David Hedley Morgan, Henriette De Bod, William Fullard Gabrielli, Stephen John Evans
  • Patent number: 5829233
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading bales of agricultural products into a protective sheath. The apparatus includes a mobile framework adaptable at one end for connection with a vehicle. A detachable bale bagger is received at an end opposite the vehicle and supports a corrugation of protective sheath. In an attached mode, the apparatus is adaptable to retrieve, transport, handle and sheath bales of agricultural products. A lifting unit is adapted to retrieve bales from a location and mount them in an end-to-end fashion along parallel rails of the mobile framework. As bales are individually retrieved and loaded, a bale moving device movably connected to the mobile framework, rearwardly displaces the incoming bales a distance along parallel rails so as to make space for the next bale. Once the mobile framework is loaded with bales, the apparatus is transported to a location suitable for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Inventor: William Stirling
  • Patent number: 5016424
    Abstract: A compressed (e.g. accordian pleated) assembly of tubular sheet material (preferably plastic material), is deployed to form an extended tube by a device that consists essentially of an arched rigid framework (curved, triangular, rectangular, or any other shaped arch suited to the shape of the goods to be stored) with a skin of sheet metal or fiberglass extending over its upper part. The tubular sheet material can be deployed into an extended tube at the rear of the device by pulling the latter forwardly along the ground, the free end of the tube having been suitably anchored at the starting location. This tube deployment can be combined with a series of loading operations whereby goods to be stored, e.g. cylindrical or large square bales of forage, are inserted from the front of the device through the arched framework and onto a lower portion of the extended tube as it is formed. This lower portion rests on the ground in a loading area beneath a rearwardly extending overhang of the framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Inventor: William Stirling
  • Patent number: 5003754
    Abstract: A blade sheathing device for loading bales of an agricultural product, e.g. silage, into an elongated, flexible bag, comprises a framework movable along the ground and supporting an open-ended drum that has an outer surface for supporting the bag in a compressed condition. The device has pads connected to the framework that can be lowered to a location underlying the wheels of a vehicle that is used to load a bale through the drum and into a space in the bag beyond the drum. The result is to immobilize the device during the loading operation by virtue of the weight of the vehicle on the pads. The same vehicle can be used between bale loading operations to pull the sheathing device forwards to a new location to dispense a portion of the bag from the surface of the drum and hence create a space in the bag to receive the next bale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1991
    Inventor: William Stirling
  • Patent number: 4648769
    Abstract: A round bale handler comprises a frame with a rear member, and a spike. The spike has a pointed front end to penetrate the round bale, and a rear end pivotally connected to the frame so that the spike is swingable between forward and sideways positions. The spike is of a sufficient length such that a front portion of it can penetrate through the axis of the bale and extend substantially along the entire length of it. Stop means are provided for releasably retaining the spike in the forward position and preventing it from swinging beyond each sideways position. A method of using the handler is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Inventor: William Stirling
  • Patent number: 4342219
    Abstract: A prefabricated laboratory unit is provided having walls, a floor and a ceiling forming an integral transportable unit. To provide a vibration-free mounting for laboratory apparatus within the laboratory the floor (4) of the unit has a hole (17) therein through which a prepared foundation (18) is exposed. Mounted on the floor of the unit above the hole (17) is a plinth (15) which is lowerable through the hole when the laboratory is in position onto the prepared foundation by means of jacks (16). The plinth provides a vibration-free mounting for the apparatus. Preferably the laboratory is fitted out as a self-contained octane analyzer unit comprising a reference engine mounted on the plinth and also housing a control console and comparator unit for the comparison of octane ratings during inline gasoline blending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1982
    Assignee: The Associated Octel Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: William Stirling
  • Patent number: 4320775
    Abstract: A process and apparatus are disclosed for the accurate measurement and control of liquid flow at low flow rates. The invention is particularly applicable to the measurement and control of continuous liquid blending operations, e.g. gasoline blending, in which a liquid additive, e.g. tetraethyl lead, is fed into a continuously flowing liquid stream, the additive being added in precisely controlled amounts requiring precise control of liquid flow at very low flow rates. According to the invention the additive is fed from a stock tank 1 alternately into one or the other of two reservoirs 6, 7 connected in parallel between the inlet line 3 from the stock tank and an outlet line 20. As the one reservoir is being charged, the other is being discharged through the four-way valve 5 to the outlet. Flow through the outlet line 20 is controlled by a valve 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignees: The Associated Octel Company Limited, Octel S.A.
    Inventors: William Stirling, Robert L. Peres