Patents by Inventor Christopher Whaley
Christopher Whaley 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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Patent number: 11596113Abstract: A controlled and closed agricultural system includes a growing space and an air handling system having an enthalpy wheel and cooling coil. The enthalpy wheel is capable of transferring sensible and latent heat and is positioned in and rotatable through a recirculating air duct and an outside air duct. The recirculating air duct is in fluid connection with the growing space and one or more recirculation fans, while the outside air duct is in fluid connection with one or more outside air fans positioned to cause outside air to flow countercurrent to recirculating air. A cooling coil is positioned within the recirculating air duct, downstream of and in series with the enthalpy wheel. The cooling coil circulates a heat transfer fluid to remove additional heat from the recirculating air.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Harvest Air, LLCInventors: John Zimmerman, Christopher Whaley
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Publication number: 20180206416Abstract: A controlled and closed agricultural system includes a growing space and an air handling system having a heat exchanger and cooling coil. The heat exchanger is capable of transferring sensible and latent heat and is in fluid connection with a recirculating air duct and an outside air duct. The recirculating air duct is in fluid connection with the growing space and one or more recirculation fans, while the outside air duct is in fluid connection with one or more outside air fans positioned to cause outside air to flow countercurrent to recirculating air through the heat exchanger. A cooling coil is positioned within the recirculating air duct, downstream of and in series with the heat exchanger. The cooling coil circulates a heat transfer fluid to remove additional heat from the recirculating air.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: John Zimmerman, Christopher Whaley
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Patent number: 9809047Abstract: A ring metal (M) installed in a binder (B) stores punched sheets of paper and the like. The ring metal includes binder rings (R) mounted on movable frames (F) to which one end of each ring half is attached. The frames are movable relative to each other to open and close the rings. A ring guard (10) is removably installable over a portion of each ring half, when the binder ring is closed, to securely encompass rings halves (12, 14) forming the ring. The guard encloses the junction (J) where outer ends of the ring halves meet when the rings are closed and prevents a gap from opening between the ring halves if the binder is subjected to a force which would otherwise cause a gap to form between the ring halves and paper stored in the binder to spill out or be damaged.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: U.S. Ring Binder, L.P.Inventors: Paul Whaley, Christopher Whaley
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Publication number: 20170099785Abstract: A controlled and closed agricultural system includes a growing space and an air handling system having an enthalpy wheel and cooling coil. The enthalpy wheel is capable of transferring sensible and latent heat and is positioned in and rotatable through a recirculating air duct and an outside air duct. The recirculating air duct is in fluid connection with the growing space and one or more recirculation fans, while the outside air duct is in fluid connection with one or more outside air fans positioned to cause outside air to flow countercurrent to recirculating air. A cooling coil is positioned within the recirculating air duct, downstream of and in series with the enthalpy wheel. The cooling coil circulates a heat transfer fluid to remove additional heat from the recirculating air.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Inventors: John Zimmerman, Christopher Whaley
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Publication number: 20140234013Abstract: A ring metal (M) installed in a binder (B) stores punched sheets of paper and the like. The ring metal includes binder rings (R) mounted on movable frames (F) to which one end of each ring half is attached. The frames are movable relative to each other to open and close the rings. A ring guard (10) is removably installable over a portion of each ring half, when the binder ring is closed, to securely encompass rings halves (12, 14) forming the ring. The guard encloses the junction (J) where outer ends of the ring halves meet when the rings are closed and prevents a gap from opening between the ring halves if the binder is subjected to a force which would otherwise cause a gap to form between the ring halves and paper stored in the binder to spill out or be damaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: U.S. Ring Binder, L.P.Inventors: Paul Whaley, Christopher Whaley
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Patent number: 6930082Abstract: Fabric softening products, such as a rinse conditioner or a tumble dryer sheet, comprise (a) an organic softening compound free of quaternary nitrogen groups and having the general formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 are both hydrophobic alkyl or alkenyl groups independently comprisng 5 to 40 carbon atoms and together comprising at least 26 carbon atoms, L is a linking group having at least 1 single bond providing freedom of rotation and providing a chain length of from 4 to 10 atoms between Q and R1/R2 and Q is a hydrophilic head group; and (b) a carrier for the softening compound.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Bijan Harichian, Christopher Whaley
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Publication number: 20030181346Abstract: Fabric softening products, such as a rinse conditioner or a tumble dryer sheet, comprise (a) an organic softening compound free of quaternary nitrogen groups and having the general formula (1) wherein R1 and R2 are both hydrophobic alkyl or alkenyl groups independently comprisng 5 to 40 carbon atoms and together comprising at least 26 carbon atoms, L is a linking group having at least 1 single bond providing freedom of rotation and providing a chain length of from 4 to 10 atoms between Q and R1/R2 and Q is a hydrophilic head group; and (b) a carrier for the softening compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2003Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: Bijan Harichian, Christopher Whaley
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Patent number: 6075003Abstract: A fabric laundry treatment composition comprising:a) a fluorocarbon polymer or a fluorocarbon copolymer or mixtures thereof;b) a deposition aid comprising a cationic softening compound or a polymeric delivery aid or mixtures thereof;with the proviso that when the deposition aid is solely a cationic fabric softening compounds the ratio of b):a) is greater than or equal to 2:3.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1998Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: Lever Brothers Company, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Ziya Haq, Stuart Peter Holt, Adelle Louise Killey, Carlos Petri, Christopher Whaley
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Patent number: 5985820Abstract: A fabric conditioning composition comprising;i) a quaternary ammonium fabric softening compound containing at least one ester group and;ii) a polymeric nonionic surfactant with a molecular weight of less than 15,000 and having two long chain alkyl groups in which the two long chains are separated from each other by a hydrophilic moiety.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1996Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Lever Brothers CompanyInventors: Abid Nadim Khan-Lodhi, Christopher Whaley
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Patent number: 5919751Abstract: A rinse conditioner giving excellent deposition of a fabric treatment agent onto fabric. The rinse conditioner comprising a fabric softening compound, a water insoluble oil and from 0.1% to 10% by weight of the total composition of a Fabric Treatment Agent, wherein the Fabric Treatment Agent has a c.logP of 3.0 or more.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1997Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: Lever Brothers CompanyInventors: Nigel Peter Bird, Timothy David Finch, Stuart Bernard Fraser, Christopher Maddison, Christopher Whaley