Patents by Inventor Kenneth Preston

Kenneth Preston 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).

  • Patent number: 7706728
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading one or more donor rolls of a developer unit, comprising a developer housing having a reservoir for a developer material, a rotatable first donor roll that delivers the toner onto a moving photoconductive member, a trim roll that receives developer material from the reservoir and delivers the developer material to a first magnetic brush roller that delivers toner to the first donor roll, and a rotatable second magnetic brush roll that receives the developer material from the first magnetic brush roll and delivers the toner to the first donor roll. The apparatus may further comprise a rotatable second donor roll that receives the toner from the second magnetic brush roll and delivers the toner onto the photoconductive member, and a rotatable third magnetic brush roll that receives the developer material from the second magnetic brush roll and delivers the toner to the second donor roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Palghat S. Ramesh, John F. Knapp, Paul John McConville, Daniel M. Bray, Robert Pictor, Todd Kenneth Preston, Lawrence Floyd, Jr., James Edward Williams, Michael Donald Thompson
  • Patent number: 7660551
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading one or more donor rolls of a developer unit, comprising a developer housing having a reservoir for a developer material, a rotatable first donor roll that delivers the toner onto a moving photoconductive member, a rotatable first magnetic brush roll that receives the developer material from the reservoir and delivers the toner to the first donor roll, and a rotatable second magnetic brush roll that receives the developer material from the first magnetic brush roll and delivers the toner to the first donor roll. The apparatus may further comprise a rotatable second donor roll that receives the toner from the second magnetic brush roll and delivers the toner onto the photoconductive member, and a rotatable third magnetic brush roll that receives the developer material from the second magnetic brush roll and delivers the toner to the second donor roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Palghat S. Ramesh, John F. Knapp, Daniel M. Bray, Robert Pictor, Todd Kenneth Preston, Lawrence Floyd, Jr., James Edward Williams, Michael Donald Thompson
  • Publication number: 20090040764
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and apparatus for successively and repeatedly illuminating a number of remote areas collectively defining a larger area with light in the form of a beam or beams to induce a physiological blink response or optical blink reflex in the illuminated eye of an animal (e.g., a human) within the area being illuminated. Each area being intermittently illuminated long enough to induce a blink response from an animal (e.g. human) subject there, after which another area(s) is illuminated in the meantime while illumination of the initial area is not required since the subject(s) there would still be recovering from their blink response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Thales Holdings UK PLC
    Inventors: Adam Alexander Hugues, Fergus O'Neill, Kenneth Preston
  • Publication number: 20080226354
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading one or more donor rolls of a developer unit, comprising a developer housing having a reservoir for a developer material, a rotatable first donor roll that delivers the toner onto a moving photoconductive member, a rotatable first magnetic brush roll that receives the developer material from the reservoir and delivers the toner to the first donor roll, and a rotatable second magnetic brush roll that receives the developer material from the first magnetic brush roll and delivers the toner to the first donor roll. The apparatus may further comprise a rotatable second donor roll that receives the toner from the second magnetic brush roll and delivers the toner onto the photoconductive member, and a rotatable third magnetic brush roll that receives the developer material from the second magnetic brush roll and delivers the toner to the second donor roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Palghat S. RAMESH, John F. KNAPP, Daniel M. BRAY, Robert PICTOR, Todd Kenneth PRESTON, Lawrence FLOYD, James Edward WILLIAMS, Michael Donald THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20080226353
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading one or more donor rolls of a developer unit, comprising a developer housing having a reservoir for a developer material, a rotatable first donor roll that delivers the toner onto a moving photoconductive member, a trim roll that receives developer material from the reservoir and delivers the developer material to a first magnetic brush roller that delivers toner to the first donor roll, and a rotatable second magnetic brush roll that receives the developer material from the first magnetic brush roll and delivers the toner to the first donor roll. The apparatus may further comprise a rotatable second donor roll that receives the toner from the second magnetic brush roll and delivers the toner onto the photoconductive member, and a rotatable third magnetic brush roll that receives the developer material from the second magnetic brush roll and delivers the toner to the second donor roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Palghat S. RAMESH, John F. KNAPP, Paul John MCCONVILLE, Daniel M. BRAY, Robert PICTOR, Todd Kenneth PRESTON, Lawrence FLOYD, James Edward WILLIAMS, Michael Donald THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20080137341
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and apparatus for successively and repeatedly illuminating a number of remote areas collectively defining a larger area with light in the form of a beam or beams to induce a physiological blink response or optical blink reflex in the illuminated eye of an animal (e.g., a human) within the area being illuminated. Each area being intermittently illuminated long enough to induce a blink response from an animal (e.g. human) subject there, after which another area(s) is illuminated in the meantime while illumination of the initial area is not required since the subject(s) there would still be recovering from their blink response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: THALES HOLDINGS UK PLC
    Inventors: Adam Alexander Hughes, Fergus O'Neill, Kenneth Preston
  • Publication number: 20070107700
    Abstract: A fuel pump module is provided for delivering fuel to an engine. The module includes a fuel pump for pumping fuel to the engine. The fuel pump is constructed and arranged to be mounted to a side of a fuel tank. A filter is provided for filtering fuel prior entering the fuel pump. The filter includes spring structure operatively associated therewith to bias the filter into engagement with a bottom of the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Jeffery Milton, Kenneth Preston
  • Publication number: 20070039963
    Abstract: An improved sender module closure system for providing a reliable, sealed interface between a sender module and a fuel tank at the access port thereof, includes an interfacing ring set composed of a base ring and a helmeted lock ring. The base ring is permanently connected to the fuel tank at the access port, and has a plurality of upstanding lock fingers. The helmeted lock ring is a separate piece, composed of a lock ring component and an integrally connected helmet component. The lock ring component has a plurality of finger apertures, one for receiving each lock finger. The helmet component protectively covers the sender module and has helmet apertures for external access to connectors of the sender module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Richard Krentz, Gerard Betz, Dale Gaden, Mitchell Hart, Richard Novaco, Kenneth Preston, Wesley Adams, M. Siddiqui
  • Publication number: 20060162195
    Abstract: An apparatus for dewatering dredge spoils includes a floating barge having a planar upper surface or deck. One end of the barge, such as the stem, is partially flooded or otherwise ballasted so that the deck slopes downwardly from the bow toward the stem. Dredge spoils removed from a waterway are deposited onto the bow where they flow down toward the stem. A plurality of concrete blocks on the deck form an attenuator that, in turn, defines one or more settling ponds on the surface of the barge. A weir across the stem of the barge forms an additional settling pond at the rear of the barge. Solids suspended in the water removed from the waterway settle out onto the deck when the dredge spoils are deposited onto the bow. Remaining solids suspended in the water deposit onto the deck as the water flows through the settling ponds. The relatively clear water that remains then flows back into the waterway off the stem of the sloped barge after passing through the settling ponds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Brian Langdon, Kenneth Preston, Thomas Coultas