Patents Represented by Law Firm Davis & Kendall
  • Method and apparatus for compression of a polarized gas
    Patent number: 6134913
    Abstract: The invention comprises a new and unique 3He gas polarization process. In dition, it provides for an improved diaphragm pump configuration. This arrangement allows the 3He gas and 3He-4He gas mixture to be polarized and compressed to a pressure in the range of one bar and placed into a glass storage cell without significant loss of polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce
    Inventor: Thomas R. Gentile
  • Temporary take-up drum for removing curl from rolled receiver paper
    Patent number: 5940112
    Abstract: Temporary take-up drum for removing curl from rolled receiver paper. A thermal printer mechanism arrangement with a thermal printer head (9), a paper supply roll (11), and a temporary print take-up drum (12). The paper supply roll (11) rolls in a direction allowing the paper (13) to pass between the thermal printer head (9) and the platen roller (10). A temporary take-up drum (12) receives the receiver paper (13) and rotates in a direction opposite from that of the paper supply roll (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Michael J. Siwinski