Patents by Inventor Richard B. Riday
Richard B. Riday 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: 11089901Abstract: Various beverage preparation systems and methods are disclosed. The beverage preparation system can include a dispensing unit configured to receive beverage, such as a shot of espresso, from a beverage preparation machine. The dispensing unit can include a dispensing unit with a first end and a second end. The dispensing unit can be rotatable between an upright position and an inverted position. The dispensing unit can be configured to receive the beverage through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the upright position, and can be configured to receive cleansing fluid through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the inverted position. In some embodiments, when the dispensing unit is in an intermediate position between the upright and inverted positions, the dispensing unit is configured to dispense the beverage out of the first end and into a cup or other vessel.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Starbucks CorporationInventors: Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Michael Cummer, Richard B. Riday, William George Crossland
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Patent number: 10362896Abstract: Various beverage preparation systems and methods are shown. The beverage preparation system can include a dispensing unit configured to receive beverage, such as a shot of espresso, from a beverage preparation machine. The dispensing unit can include a dispensing unit with a first end and a second end. The dispensing unit can be rotatable between an upright position and an inverted position. The dispensing unit can be configured to receive the beverage through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the upright position, and can be configured to receive cleansing fluid through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the inverted position. In some embodiments, when the dispensing unit is in an intermediate position between the upright and inverted positions, the dispensing unit is configured to dispense the beverage out of the first end and into a cup or other vessel.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Starbucks CorporationInventors: Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Michael Cummer, Richard B. Riday, William George Crossland
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Publication number: 20190223654Abstract: Various beverage preparation systems and methods are disclosed. The beverage preparation system can include a dispensing unit configured to receive beverage, such as a shot of espresso, from a beverage preparation machine. The dispensing unit can include a dispensing unit with a first end and a second end. The dispensing unit can be rotatable between an upright position and an inverted position. The dispensing unit can be configured to receive the beverage through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the upright position, and can be configured to receive cleansing fluid through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the inverted position. In some embodiments, when the dispensing unit is in an intermediate position between the upright and inverted positions, the dispensing unit is configured to dispense the beverage out of the first end and into a cup or other vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Michael Cummer, Richard B. Riday, William George Crossland
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Patent number: 10258191Abstract: Various beverage preparation systems and methods are disclosed. The beverage preparation system can include a dispensing unit configured to receive beverage, such as a shot of espresso, from a beverage preparation machine. The dispensing unit can include a dispensing unit with a first end and a second end. The dispensing unit can be rotatable between an upright position and an inverted position. The dispensing unit can be configured to receive the beverage through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the upright position, and can be configured to receive cleansing fluid through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the inverted position. In some embodiments, when the dispensing unit is in an intermediate position between the upright and inverted positions, the dispensing unit is configured to dispense the beverage out of the first end and into a cup or other vessel.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Starbucks CorporationInventors: Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Michael Cummer, Richard B. Riday, William George Crossland
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Publication number: 20170079469Abstract: Various beverage preparation systems and methods are disclosed. The beverage preparation system can include a dispensing unit configured to receive beverage, such as a shot of espresso, from a beverage preparation machine. The dispensing unit can include a dispensing unit with a first end and a second end. The dispensing unit can be rotatable between an upright position and an inverted position. The dispensing unit can be configured to receive the beverage through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the upright position, and can be configured to receive cleansing fluid through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the inverted position. In some embodiments, when the dispensing unit is in an intermediate position between the upright and inverted positions, the dispensing unit is configured to dispense the beverage out of the first end and into a cup or other vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Michael Cummer, Richard B. Riday, William George Crossland
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Publication number: 20170079468Abstract: Various beverage preparation systems and methods are disclosed. The beverage preparation system can include a dispensing unit configured to receive beverage, such as a shot of espresso, from a beverage preparation machine. The dispensing unit can include a dispensing unit with a first end and a second end. The dispensing unit can be rotatable between an upright position and an inverted position. The dispensing unit can be configured to receive the beverage through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the upright position, and can be configured to receive cleansing fluid through the second end when the dispensing unit is in the inverted position. In some embodiments, when the dispensing unit is in an intermediate position between the upright and inverted positions, the dispensing unit is configured to dispense the beverage out of the first end and into a cup or other vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Dan Apone, Izaak Koller, Michael Cummer, Richard B. Riday, William George Crossland
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Patent number: 6867889Abstract: A holographic optical element (HOE) device is mounted in wireless optical telecommunication system transceiver. The HOE device includes a developed emulsion material having an interference pattern recorded thereon, sandwiched between a pair of elements, such as a pair of clear glass plates. In operation, the HOE device uses the recorded interference pattern to diffract received light rays towards an optical processing unit of the system receiver. A transmitter unit can be positioned at least in part behind the HOE device. An opening in the emulsion material allows a light signal transmitted from the transmitter unit to be substantially unaffected by the recorded interference pattern. The transceiver can also include a spotting scope and an alignment beacon.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2003Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Terabeam CorporationInventors: Charles Gregory Amadon, Richard D. Rallison, Mark Pratt, David P. Bajorins, Lawrence Cooper Stapleton, Richard B. Riday, Harold Alexander Brown, William Joseph Lauby, Michael Thomas, Scott William Sparrold
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Patent number: 6678079Abstract: A holographic optical element (HOE) device is mounted in wireless optical telecommunication system transceiver. The HOE device includes a developed emulsion material having an interference pattern recorded thereon, sandwiched between a pair of elements, such as a pair of clear glass plates. In operation, the HOE device uses the recorded interference pattern to diffract received light rays towards an optical processing unit of the system receiver. A transmitter unit can be positioned at least in part behind the HOE device. An opening in the emulsion material allows a light signal transmitted from the transmitter unit to be substantially unaffected by the recorded interference pattern. The transceiver can also include a spotting scope and an alignment beacon.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Terabeam CorporationInventors: Charles Gregory Amadon, Richard D. Rallison, Mark Pratt, David P. Bajorins, Lawrence Cooper Stapleton, Richard B. Riday, Harold Alexander Brown, William Joseph Lauby, Michael Thomas, Scott William Sparrold
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Patent number: 6417976Abstract: A mount for an electro-optic system, such as an optical transceiver system, is usable to compensate for motion that affects alignment with respect to an optical communication signal. The mount can include inner and outer elements having pivots spaced 90 degrees apart relative to each other. The outer element is fixed, and the inner element is capable of movement. The electro-optic system is pivotally coupled to the inner element. A first set of pivot elements between the inner element and the outer element allows rotation about a first axis, while a second set of pivot elements between the electro-optic system and the inner element allows rotation about a second axis, which may be orthogonal to the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2001Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Assignee: Terabeam CorporationInventors: John J. Schuster, Richard B. Riday, Eric J. Davis, James S. Webb, Randy Hulett, Derek Schulte
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Patent number: 5323679Abstract: A highly ergonomic keyboard system provides a unified fingering system for both right and left hands in which the fingering is the same in all key signatures with more natural and comfortable thumb and finger positioning than with conventional piano keys, while maintaining hand span capability comparable to that of the conventional keyboard, i.e. at least one octave, and maintaining the convention method of "thumb tuck" to play extended scales and arpeggios. Three or more parallel horizontal one-octave rows of monolithic keys in half-tone increments are offset from each other in a uniform parallelogram-shaped tiered array with a note duplication offset which facilitates an octave span. All keys are made to have a uniform optimal complementary shape and are retained in a novel integrated pivot matrix configuration. Note/key association is visually indicated by white, black and (optionally) gray and/or other colors.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 1992Date of Patent: June 28, 1994Inventor: Richard B. Riday
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Patent number: 5177616Abstract: A video display assembly, suitable for use in an airplane seat, includes a video display and a chamber configured and dimensioned to receive the display when the display is disposed in a first substantially vertical plane. The display is connected to the chamber by an arm having a pair of end portions and a shank portion intermediate the end portions, a proximal one of the end portions being secured to the chamber and a distal other of the end portions being secured to the display. The proximal one arm end portion is pivotable in the first substantially vertical plane relative to the chamber to move the display between a stow orientation wherein the display is stowed in the chamber and an intermediate orientation wherein the display is outside of the chamber. The shank portion is pivotable in a substantially horizontal plane relative to the proximal one arm end portion to move the display between the intermediate orientation and a generally vertical use orientation wherein the display is in a second plane.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1991Date of Patent: January 5, 1993Assignee: Matsushita Avionics SystemsInventor: Richard B. Riday
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Patent number: D468757Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2001Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: Terabeam CorporationInventors: Lawrence Cooper Stapleton, Harold Alexander Brown, Richard B. Riday, James Stocker Webb, Ferdinand Johannes van Engelen, Oliver Felix Grabes, Brady Austin Olason
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Patent number: D472255Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2002Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: Terabeam CorporationInventors: Lawrence Cooper Stapleton, Harold Alexander Brown, Richard B. Riday, James Stocker Webb, Ferdinand Johannes van Engelen, Oliver Felix Grabes, Brady Austin Olason
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Patent number: D487262Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Terabeam CorporationInventors: Ferdinand J. van Engelen, Brady A. Olason, Oliver F. Grabes, Guy Fly, Richard B. Riday, Lawrence C. Stapleton, Harold A. Brown, Sean Driggers, Eric Davis