Patents by Inventor Christopher Lawrence Smith
Christopher Lawrence Smith 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).
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Publication number: 20080087375Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying indicia to a curved surface, including a compound curved surface having multiple axes of curvature. The curved surface is deformed to eliminate one axis of curvature. The invention is usable with hourglass or barrel shaped surfaces, as occur with containers, and to apply labels and other indicia to these surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: April 17, 2008Inventors: Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard, Robert Paul Cassoni, Christopher Lawrence Smith
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Patent number: 7168273Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for use with a replaceable unit dose package has at least one cavity sealed by a membrane, wherein the cavity contains additive materials to be dispensed. The dispensing apparatus is configured for use, for example, in a washing machine, wherein the washing machine has a plurality of cycles. The dispensing apparatus comprises a dispensing director having a dispensing signal generator and a monitor for distinguishing among a plurality of washing machine operating cycles. The dispensing apparatus further includes an actuator in communication with said dispensing director and configured to selectively electromechanically open the membrane in response to a dispensing signal, thereby releasing additive materials from said at least one cavity. Also disclosed is a disposable unit dose package for use in a washing machine and with a dispensing apparatus having a dispensing director and an electromechanical actuator in communication with said dispensing director.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2002Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Arthur Hampton Neergaard, Yousef Georges Aouad, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Lawrence Joseph Kelly
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Patent number: 7146749Abstract: A fabric article treating apparatus for dispensing a benefit composition through a nozzle that directs the benefit composition as droplets or particles into the chamber of the fabric article drying appliance. The droplets or particles provide benefits to the fabric articles within the drying appliance. The treating apparatus includes one or more safety features, and/or it includes beneficial control concepts that enhance the effects of the benefit composition being dispensed through the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Bradford Scott Barron, Mary Jane Combs, Dean Larry DuVal, Keith David Fanta, Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France, Christian Gerhard Friedrich Gerlach, Laura Lynn Heilman, Eugene Joseph Pancheri, Paul Joseph Russo, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Pedro Vincent Vandecappelle
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Patent number: 7043855Abstract: A treating device for use with a fabric article drying appliance. The treating device dispenses a benefit composition into a chamber so as to provide benefits to fabric articles contained within the fabric article drying appliance. The treating device is comprised of at least two housings in communication with one another wherein at least one housing is located in the interior of a fabric article drying appliance and at least one housing is located outside of the fabric article drying appliance.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Laura Lynn Heilman, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Keith David Fanta, Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France, Dean Larry Du Val, Michael Joseph Orr, Jichun Shi
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Patent number: 6958693Abstract: A sensor device and method of employment is provided. More specifically, a sensor device adapted to detect, identify and/or measure a chemical and/or physical characteristic upon placement of the device into an environment, especially a liquid medium for which monitoring is sought is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2003Date of Patent: October 25, 2005Assignees: Procter & Gamble Company, Sandia CorporationInventors: Timothy Michael Rothgeb, Kristina Marie Rohal Gansle, Jonathan Livingston Joyce, James Madison Jordan, Tedd Addison Rohwer, Randal Ray Lockhart, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Toan Trinh, Mark Gary Cipollone
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Patent number: 6955067Abstract: A portable, self-contained, device for dosing and/or dispensing at least one product into an appliance for treating laundry or dishes is disclosed. The device includes a housing with at least one compartment for containing at least one product. The compartment(s) can be closed by at least one corresponding cover. The device further includes at least one means for storing and releasing energy, so that the product to be dispensed may be released at one or more predetermined point(s) in time during a wash cycle. In one embodiment, the means may be a battery, such as a rechargeable battery. The device may also include at least one sensor and/or at least one actuator for detecting when the wash conditions are optimal and open at least one of the compartments for releasing a product.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2002Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dorothee Hélène Davenet, Jean-Luc Azzani, Bradford Scott Barron, Todd Mitchell Day, Luca Diamanti, Christopher Lawrence Smith
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Publication number: 20040143994Abstract: A fabric article treating apparatus for dispensing a benefit composition through a nozzle that directs the benefit composition as droplets or particles into the chamber of the fabric article drying appliance. The droplets or particles provide benefits to the fabric articles within the drying appliance. The treating apparatus includes one or more safety features, and/or it includes beneficial control concepts that enhance the effects of the benefit composition being dispensed through the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Applicant: The Proctor & Gamble CompanyInventors: Bradford Scott Baron, Mary Jane Combs, Dean Larry DuVal, Keith David Fanta, Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France, Christian Gerhard Friedrich Gerlach, Laura Lynn Heilman, Eugene Joseph Pancheri, Paul Joseph Russo, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Pedro Vincent Vandecappelle
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Publication number: 20040134090Abstract: A treating device for use with a fabric article drying appliance. The treating device dispenses a benefit composition into a chamber so as to provide benefits to fabric articles contained within the fabric article drying appliance. The treating device is comprised of at least two housings in communication with one another wherein at least one housing is located in the interior of a fabric article drying appliance and at least one housing is located outside of the fabric article drying appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Laura Lynn Heilman, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Keith David Fanta, Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France, Dean Larry DuVal, Michael Joseph Orr, Jichun Shi
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Publication number: 20040123489Abstract: A fabric article treating device for use with a fabric article drying appliance. The fabric article treating device dispenses a benefit composition into a chamber so as to provide benefits to fabric articles contained within the fabric article drying appliance. The fabric article treating device comprises a thermal protection means for extending the operating life of one or more components of the device which are thermally sensitive.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eugene Joseph Pancheri, Janine Morgens Strang, Andrew Julian Wnuk, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Brian Joseph Roselle, Dean Larry DuVal
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Publication number: 20040123490Abstract: A fabric article treating device for use with a fabric article drying appliance. The fabric article treating device dispenses a benefit composition into a chamber so as to provide benefits to fabric articles contained within the fabric article drying appliance. The treating device includes a means of heating the benefit composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Eugene Joseph Pancheri, Janine Morgens Strang, Andrew Julian Wnuk, Brian Joseph Roselle, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Dean Larry DuVal
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Patent number: 6736294Abstract: A rinse water additive dispenser having an upper housing having a opening and a lower housing releasably connected to the upper housing, the lower housing walls defining an internal chamber for containing a rinse water laundry additive. The dispenser further comprises a valve assembly having a valve for sealing the opening in the upper housing, the valve movable between closed and open positions and being biased towards an open position. In addition, the dispenser includes a weight assembly having a counterweight that is actuated by centrifugal force, and which prior to actuation, prevents the valve from biasing to an open position.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2002Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Christopher Lawrence Smith
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Publication number: 20040088796Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for use with a replaceable unit dose package has at least one cavity sealed by a membrane, wherein the cavity contains additive materials to be dispensed. The dispensing apparatus is configured for use, for example, in a washing machine, wherein the washing machine has a plurality of cycles. The dispensing apparatus comprises a dispensing director having a dispensing signal generator and a monitor for distinguishing among a plurality of washing machine operating cycles. The dispensing apparatus further includes an actuator in communication with said dispensing director and configured to selectively electromechanically open the membrane in response to a dispensing signal, thereby releasing additive materials from said at least one cavity. Also disclosed is a disposable unit dose package for use in a washing machine and with a dispensing apparatus having a dispensing director and an electromechanical actuator in communication with said dispensing director.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2002Publication date: May 13, 2004Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Arthur Hampton Neergaard, Yousef Georges Aouad, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Lawrence Joseph Kelly
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Patent number: 6675845Abstract: A method and package for controlled metered dispensing of a fluid product contained in the package having a metered dispensing system, each time the package is opened or uncapped are disclosed. By the present method and package, the maximum amount of product that can be dispensed is limited to a single metered dose after each uncapping of the package. Specifically, the metered dispensing system is configured to allow dispensing of only a single metered dose of a liquid, viscous liquid, gel, paste, or semi-solid product contained in the package and to prevent further dispensing of additional doses of product until at least one specific and deliberate step is taken that re-activates or re-engages the dispensing system. Such deliberate step is preferably one that occurs through natural use of the package, such as re-capping the open package after one single dose has been dispensed. Only after the open package has been re-capped can the next dose of product be available for dispensing.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Daniel William Volpenheim, Christopher Miles Miller, Christopher Lawrence Smith, William Michael Cannon, Robert Edward Stahley, Phillip Cordell Myles, Frederick James Rohman, Chow-chi Huang, Todd Mitchell Day
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Publication number: 20030227394Abstract: A sensor device and method of employment is provided. More specifically, a sensor device adapted to detect, identify and/or measure a chemical and/or physical characteristic upon placement of the device into an environment, especially a liquid medium for which monitoring is sought is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2003Publication date: December 11, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CoInventors: Timothy Michael Rothgeb, Kristina Marie Rohal Gansle, Jonathan Livingston Joyce, James Madison Jordan, Tedd Addison Rohwer, Randal Ray Lockhart, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Toan Trinh
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Publication number: 20030222100Abstract: Containers for delivering flowable compositions comprising a squeezable, resilient wall on which at least one label made of an elastomeric material is adhered to and their use. The containers can comprise a composition having a viscosity of at least 1 Pa.s or can be of the bag-in-bottle type. Containers for dispensing a detergent composition in a washing machine drum comprising a hollow body having at least one wall on which at least one label made of an elastomeric material having a shore A hardness (ASTM D 2240) adheres are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2003Publication date: December 4, 2003Inventors: Peter Antony Husband, Christopher Lawrence Smith
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Publication number: 20030182732Abstract: A portable, self-contained, device for dosing and/or dispensing at least one product into an appliance for treating laundry or dishes is disclosed. The device includes a housing with at least one compartment for containing at least one product. The compartment(s) can be closed by at least one corresponding cover. The device further includes at least one means for storing and releasing energy, so that the product to be dispensed may be released at one or more predetermined point(s) in time during a wash cycle. In one embodiment, the means may be a battery, such as a rechargeable battery. The device may also include at least one sensor and/or at least one actuator for detecting when the wash conditions are optimal and open at least one of the compartments for releasing a product.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dorothee Helene Davenet, Jean-Luc Azzani, Bradford Scott Barron, Todd Mitchell Day, Luca Diamanti, Christopher Lawrence Smith
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Publication number: 20030052138Abstract: A rinse water additive dispenser having an upper housing having a opening and a lower housing releasably connected to the upper housing, the lower housing walls defining an internal chamber for containing a rinse water laundry additive. The dispenser further comprises a valve assembly having a valve for sealing the opening in the upper housing, the valve movable between closed and open positions and being biased towards an open position. In addition, the dispenser includes a weight assembly having a counterweight that is actuated by centrifugal force, and which prior to actuation, prevents the valve from biasing to an open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Christopher Lawrence Smith
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Publication number: 20020179179Abstract: A method and package for controlled metered dispensing of a fluid product contained in the package having a metered dispensing system, each time the package is opened or uncapped are disclosed. By the present method and package, the maximum amount of product that can be dispensed is limited to a single metered dose after each uncapping of the package. Specifically, the metered dispensing system is configured to allow dispensing of only a single metered dose of a liquid, viscous liquid, gel, paste, or semi-solid product contained in the package and to prevent further dispensing of additional doses of product until at least one specific and deliberate step is taken that re-activates or re-engages the dispensing system. Such deliberate step is preferably one that occurs through natural use of the package, such as re-capping the open package after one single dose has been dispensed. Only after the open package has been re-capped can the next dose of product be available for dispensing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Inventors: Daniel William Volpenheim, Christopher Miles Miller, Christopher Lawrence Smith, William Michael Cannon, Robert Edward Stahley, Phillip Cordell Myles, Frederick James Rohman, Chow-Chi Huang, Todd Mitchell Day
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Patent number: D545065Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2005Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Christopher Lawrence Smith
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Patent number: D573798Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2005Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Vincenzo Catalfamo, Jeffrey Donald Painter, Christopher Lawrence Smith