Patents by Inventor William B. Kennedy
William B. Kennedy 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: 7225688Abstract: Devices for measuring a nip width between rolls of a press nip include one or more sensors adapted to be placed in the nip while the nip is stationary. The electrical resistance of each sensor corresponds to the size of the nip width, whereby a nip width or a nip width distribution may be determined by measuring the sensor resistance(s). Methods of measuring a nip width distribution include providing a plurality of force sensitive resistor sensors each of which respond to pressure applied thereto to provide a variable sensor resistance as a function of the amount of pressure and the area of the pressure exerted on the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2004Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Stowe Woodward LLCInventors: Robert H. Moore, William B. Kennedy
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Patent number: 6769314Abstract: Devices for measuring a nip width between rolls of a press nip include one or more sensors adapted to be placed in the nip while the nip is stationary. The electrical resistance of each sensor corresponds to the size of the nip width, whereby a nip width or a nip width distribution may be determined by measuring the sensor resistance(s). Methods of measuring a nip width distribution include providing a plurality of force sensitive resistor sensors each of which respond to pressure applied thereto to provide a variable sensor resistance as a function of the amount of pressure and the area of the pressure exerted on the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2003Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: Stowe Woodward LLCInventors: Robert H. Moore, William B. Kennedy
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Publication number: 20030217606Abstract: Devices for measuring a nip width between rolls of a press nip include one or more sensors adapted to be placed in the nip while the nip is stationary. The electrical resistance of each sensor corresponds to the size of the nip width, whereby a nip width or a nip width distribution may be determined by measuring the sensor resistance(s). Methods of measuring a nip width distribution include providing a plurality of force sensitive resistor sensors each of which respond to pressure applied thereto to provide a variable sensor resistance as a function of the amount of pressure and the area of the pressure exerted on the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2003Publication date: November 27, 2003Inventors: Robert H. Moore, William B. Kennedy
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Patent number: 6568285Abstract: Devices for measuring a nip width between rolls of a press nip include one or more sensors adapted to be placed in the nip while the nip is stationary. The electrical resistance of each sensor corresponds to the size of the nip width, whereby a nip width or a nip width distribution may be determined by measuring the sensor resistance(s). Methods of measuring a nip width distribution include providing a plurality of force sensitive resistor sensors each of which respond to pressure applied thereto to provide a variable sensor resistance as a function of the amount of pressure and the area of the pressure exerted on the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1999Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Stowe Woodward LLCInventors: Robert H. Moore, William B. Kennedy
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Patent number: 6568024Abstract: The invention is a cleaning tool housing assembly and a replaceable cleaning assembly. The manifold, in combination with a fluid intake element, also delivers fluid (under pressure through holes in the manifold located in a longitudinal channel) to a sponge. Two spaced apart fluid barriers are longitudinally disposed in the sponge. As fluid is introduced into the center of the sponge, between the fluid barriers, the fluid travels toward the opposite surface of the sponge. The fluid is prevented from traveling laterally due to the fluid barriers. As vacuum pressure, negative pressure, is exerted on the outer portions of the sponge (on each side of the fluid barriers), fluid is pulled back through the sponge, through the manifold and through the nozzles into the hollow housing body.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2002Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Rug Doctor LPInventors: Roger Kent, Rodney D. Maddox, Frank Stephan, William B. Kennedy
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Publication number: 20030024066Abstract: An extendible cleaning implement for a cleaning machine which includes an adjustable length wand including a lower tube telescopically received in an upper tube. The length of the tubes can be adjusted using a latching mechanism for user convenience and to accommodate space limitations. A solution delivery conduit is provided with a portion of flexible tubing preformed in helix. The helix allows the conduit to extend or contract as the wand is lengthened or shortened, preventing “play” in the conduit and thereby eliminating both awkward use of the cleaning implement and potential user safety hazards.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2001Publication date: February 6, 2003Inventor: William B. Kennedy
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Publication number: 20020148072Abstract: The invention is a cleaning tool housing assembly and a replaceable cleaning assembly. The manifold, in combination with a fluid intake element, also delivers fluid (under pressure through holes in the manifold located in a longitudinal channel) to a sponge. Two spaced apart fluid barriers are longitudinally disposed in the sponge. As fluid is introduced into the center of the sponge, between the fluid barriers, the fluid travels toward the opposite surface of the sponge. The fluid is prevented from traveling laterally due to the fluid barriers. As vacuum pressure, negative pressure, is exerted on the outer portions of the sponge (on each side of the fluid barriers), fluid is pulled back through the sponge, through the manifold and through the nozzles into the hollow housing body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2002Publication date: October 17, 2002Inventors: Roger Kent, Rodney D. Maddox, Frank Stephan, William B. Kennedy
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Patent number: 6418587Abstract: The invention is a cleaning tool housing assembly and a replaceable cleaning assembly. The manifold, in combination with a fluid intake element, also delivers fluid (under pressure through holes in the manifold located in a longitudinal channel) to a sponge. Two spaced apart fluid barriers are longitudinally disposed in the sponge. As fluid is introduced into the center of the sponge, between the fluid barriers, the fluid travels toward the opposite surface of the sponge. The fluid is prevented from traveling laterally due to the fluid barriers. As vacuum pressure, negative pressure, is exerted on the outer portions of the sponge (on each side of the fluid barriers), fluid is pulled back through the sponge, through the manifold and through the nozzles into the hollow housing body.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2000Date of Patent: July 16, 2002Assignee: Rug Doctor, L.P.Inventors: Roger Kent, Rodney D. Maddox, Frank Stephan, William B. Kennedy