Patents by Inventor Leslie R. Wells
Leslie R. Wells 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: 7561730Abstract: A method and system of capturing a three dimensional image of an object or scene and using the information obtained to produce a physical representation of the object or scene. The physical representation may be dynamic, for moving objects, or permanent.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2003Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Peter Hewitson, Gareth B. Evans, Christopher J. Winscom, Leslie R. Wells, Jennifer C. Loveridge
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Publication number: 20040136571Abstract: A method and system of capturing a three dimensional image of an object or scene and using the information obtained to produce a physical representation of the object or scene. The physical representation may be dynamic, for moving objects, or permanent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Peter Hewitson, Gareth B. Evans, Christopher J. Winscom, Leslie R. Wells, Jennifer C. Loveridge
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Publication number: 20040121270Abstract: A method of processing material in which the material is held on the outside periphery of a drum and processing solution is applied at least twice to the sensitized surface of the material as the drum rotates. The total volume of solution applied is less than 300 ml/sqm of material being processed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Gareth Evans, Peter Hewitson, Leslie R. Wells
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Patent number: 6751889Abstract: A dryer has a blower and means for dividing an airflow into two separate chambers. A drying channel is defined between the two chambers and material to be dried passes along the channel. The walls between the chambers and the channel are apertured to allow air to flow into the channel. The channel increases in cross-sectional area along the length thereof such that air flowing along the channel is subject to a pressure drop. The air thus flows substantially in one direction along the channel.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Leslie R. Wells
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Patent number: 6719465Abstract: A processor has a rotatable drum housed within an enclosure chamber. Processing solution is applied to the surface of the rotating drum and forms a film of solution around the periphery. The media to be processed is fed around the periphery of the rotating drum with its sensitized surface facing the drum.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2002Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Anthony Earle, Leslie R. Wells, Daniel M. Pagano, Ralph L. Piccinino, Jr.
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Publication number: 20030159717Abstract: A method of washing a process station and/or the material being processed therein uses a series of tanks of wash solution used in a sequential fashion. A first volume of wash solution is used and discarded to waste. Subsequent volumes of solution are transferred after use to the tank from which the previous volume of solution was supplied. The last volume of solution used is taken from a source of clean solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2003Publication date: August 28, 2003Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Gareth Evans, Leslie R. Wells, Peter Hewitson, John R. Fyson
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Publication number: 20030061727Abstract: A dryer has a blower and means for dividing an airflow into two separate chambers. A drying channel is defined between the two chambers and material to be dried passes along the channel. The walls between the chambers and the channel are apertured to allow air to flow into the channel. The channel increases in cross-sectional area along the length thereof such that air flowing along the channel is subject to a pressure drop. The air thus flows substantially in one direction along the channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2002Publication date: April 3, 2003Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Leslie R. Wells
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Publication number: 20030053807Abstract: A processor has a rotatable drum housed within an enclosure chamber. Processing solution is applied to the surface of the rotating drum and forms a film of solution around the periphery. The media to be processed is fed around the periphery of the rotating drum with its sensitised surface facing the drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: Anthony Earle, Leslie R. Wells, Daniel M. Pagano, Ralph L. Piccinino
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Patent number: 6505979Abstract: A method of processing a photographic material in which the material is loaded into a rotatable chamber and a metered amount of solution is introduced into the chamber. The chamber is rotated and the solution is continuously swept along the surface of the material, forming a wave through which the material passes to enable uniform processing.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2001Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Peter J. Twist, Anthony Earle, Nigel R. Wildman, Leslie R. Wells
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Publication number: 20020061195Abstract: A method of processing a photographic material in which the material is loaded into a rotatable chamber and a metered amount of solution is introduced into the chamber. The chamber is rotated and the solution is continuously swept along the surface of the material, forming a wave through which the material passes to enable uniform processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2001Publication date: May 23, 2002Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Peter J. Twist, Anthony Earle, Nigel R. Wildman, Leslie R. Wells
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Patent number: 6176628Abstract: Apparatus for processing photographic material comprises a succession of processing regions formed by inclined planes extending between sets of rollers. As the material is driven up the planes with its emulsion side down, wash solution flows down beneath it. The length of each plane can be different so that the material is washed for different times in each region, achieving chemical equilibrium in the final region before passing on to the drying stage.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Henry H. Adam, Anthony Earle, Leslie R. Wells
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Patent number: 6161968Abstract: Photographic processing apparatus comprises a combination of a surface processing stage and a replenishable tank processing stage. This allows advantage to be taken of the low quantities of processing solution that are characteristic of surface processing and the total immersion that is characteristic of tank processing.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Anthony Earle, Jeffrey K. Green, Zoe Orr, Leslie R. Wells
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Patent number: 6152617Abstract: Photographic material is processed in a sequence of stages by the application of solution to an upper surface thereof as the material is carried on endless belts beneath respective coated roller arrangements. Each roller arrangement is movably mounted in a slot so that the point along the stage at which the solution is applied to the photographic material can be varied, thereby to vary the time for which the material is subject to the processing treatment.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Anthony Earle, Jeffrey K. Green, Zoe Orr, Leslie R. Wells
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Patent number: 6092938Abstract: Photographic processing apparatus feeds photographic material downwards between successive pairs of drive rollers. Processing solution is directed into the nips of the rollers. A nozzle at each end of the roller pairs directs compressed air into the nips so as to prevent the solution overflowing at the ends of the rollers.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Anthony Earle, Leslie R. Wells
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Patent number: 6086270Abstract: Apparatus for processing photographic material has a plurality of stages for carrying out different processing steps. At least one stage has a series of processing regions each defined by an inclined surface that extends between sets of rollers. The surfaces may be of different length to provide different residence times for the material. Processing solution flows down the surfaces whilst the photographic material is driven upwards in counter-current mode. All the stages may be uni-directionally inclined end-to-end, or they may be arranged in a U-shape so as to minimize cross-contamination between the stages.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: July 11, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Anthony Earle, Leslie R. Wells, Henry H. Adam
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Patent number: 6062747Abstract: A clip for attaching an end of a web to a drive belt. The clip comprises an elongate mount for receiving an end of the web, and an attachment section for securing the clip to the belt. The attachment section comprises two spaced pairs of claws for gripping the drive belt such that the drive belt and the web are substantially parallel and a flexible support connecting the two spaced pairs of claws providing flexibility in the direction of travel, such that, in use, the flexible support can deform to conform to the path of the drive belt as the drive belt passes through a processing apparatus. The resulting clip is easy to use, reliable during use and easily removed from the drive belt at the end of a processing operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1998Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Anthony Earle, Leslie R. Wells, Joachim P. Simon
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Patent number: 6010256Abstract: A processing apparatus for processing photosensitive material combines thin channel technology with nozzles, and an inclined processing path. Processing solution can be introduced into the inclined processing path so as to cause the solution to flow along the inclined processing path in a direction which is opposite to a direction of travel of the photosensitive material in the inclined processing path. With the arrangement of the present invention, photosensitive material can be processed in the first processing path by way of the nozzle spray arrangement and can be subjected to further processing along the inclined processing path.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1999Date of Patent: January 4, 2000Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Ralph L. Piccinino, Jr., Anthony Earle, Leslie R. Wells
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Patent number: 5923916Abstract: A processing apparatus for processing photosensitive material combines thin channel technology with nozzles, and an inclined processing path. Processing solution can be introduced into the inclined processing path so as to cause the solution to flow along the inclined processing path in a direction which is opposite to a direction of travel of the photosensitive material in the inclined processing path. With the arrangement of the present invention, photosensitive material can be processed in the first processing path by way of the nozzle spray arrangement and can be subjected to further processing along the inclined processing path.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 1997Date of Patent: July 13, 1999Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Ralph L. Piccinino, Jr., Anthony Earle, Leslie R. Wells