Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm John M. Augustyn
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Patent number: 6422698Abstract: An ink jet marker includes a writing instrument body with a cartridge disposed therein. A printing nozzle is coupled with said reservoir and receives control signals from an electrical control circuit to dispense ink droplets according to user input.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 1997Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: Binney & Smith Inc.Inventor: Richard J. Kaiser
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Patent number: 6394598Abstract: An ink jet marker includes a writing instrument body with a cartridge disposed therein. A printing nozzle is coupled with said reservoir and receives control signals from an electrical control circuit to dispense ink droplets according to user input.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Binney & Smith Inc.Inventor: Richard J. Kaiser
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Patent number: 6349639Abstract: A flexible counter for an embossing system provides resilient support under a sheet which opposes pressure from a contoured die forming an embossment in the sheet. The flexible counter includes a resilient mat and a fixed bolster which supports the mat. The bolster has peripheral walls which extend around sides of the mat so that an upper portion of the mat protrudes above the peripheral walls. In addition, the bolster includes a resilient bumper that bounds an upper portion of the mat. An upper edge of the bumper is about flush with an upper surface of the mat. The walls have a peripheral channel in which the bumper is disposed. The bumper is formed of a resilient material having higher rigidity than the mat, thereby controlling the flow and stretching behavior of the upper surface of the mat as compressed during an embossing operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2000Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Hallmark Cards, IncorporatedInventors: Ronald R. Smith, Scott A. Schimke
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Patent number: 6306319Abstract: The method uses color to determine the wear of the screw and barrel of the molding machine. The method measures the color and/or color variation to determine the wear. A first material of a first color and a second material of a second color are fed into the machine to create a third material with a third color. The third material is either extruded to form a part or is injected into a mold to form a part. The color of the part is then measured with a measuring device, such as, spectrophotometer. The color will change as the screw and barrel wear. The color value would then be compared with previous color values to determine the amount of wear.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 1999Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Assignee: Chroma CorporationInventors: Robert D. Swain, Ralph A. Stanziola
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Patent number: 6271286Abstract: The present invention provides an erasable colored pencil lead composition comprising a colorant, one or more binder resins, a fibrillatable or fibrillated material, and a filler. The colored pencil lead of the present invention produces marks on paper, which are easily erased by ordinary pencil eraser. The mark made using the composition has a cohesive nature that assists in the removal from paper in sheet or film like sections by the use of an ordinary eraser without smearing or leaving a residue. In a preferred embodiment, the composition is free or substantially free of low melting waxes or wax like materials. Examples of suitable binder resins include high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, polypropylene, and high melting waxes. Examples of fibrillated or fibrillatable materials include fibrillatable or fibrillated polytetrafluoroethylene and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The colored pencil lead composition may further include a lubricant.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 1999Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Binney & Smith Inc.Inventors: Jacob Leidner, David Hacker
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Patent number: 6272417Abstract: A vehicle braking system including a controller, in an initial anti-skid cycle, performs a first determination to select a high or a low control mode in accordance with wheel speed parameters. The controller in a second, or subsequent anti-skid cycle, performs a second determination to determine whether a near &mgr; test is to be performed in accordance with wheel speed parameters. The controller consequent upon selection of low control mode performs a near &mgr; test. The near &mgr; test includes performing a rise in the brake pressure and then selecting a high or low mode in accordance with the speed of the wheels resulting from the rise in brake pressure in the near &mgr; test.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2000Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Haldex Brake Products LimitedInventors: Colin F. Ross, Dudley J. Harrison
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Patent number: 6262143Abstract: The present invention provides an erasable colored pencil lead composition comprising a colorant, one or more binder resins, a fibrillatable or fibrillated material, and a filler. The colored pencil lead of the present invention produces marks on paper which are easily erased by ordinary pencil eraser. The mark made using the composition has a cohesive nature which assists in the removal from paper in sheet or film like sections by the use of an ordinary eraser without smearing or leaving a residue. In a preferred embodiment, the composition is free or substantially free of low melting waxes or wax like materials. Examples of suitable binder resins include high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, polypropylene, and high melting waxes. Examples of fibrillated or fibrillatable materials include fibrillatable or fibrillated polytetrafluoroethylene and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The colored pencil lead composition may further include a lubricant.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1998Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: Binney & Smith Inc.Inventors: Jacob Leidner, David Hacker
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Patent number: 6210471Abstract: A marking composition suitable for marking colored substrates, especially dark substrates, is disclosed. The marking composition comprises a wax, a fatty acid, a reflecting filler, and a colorant selected from an oil soluble dye, an oil dispersable dye, or an oil dispersable pigment. A defoamer and a non-reflecting filler can be optionally included in the marking composition. For example, the marking composition can be provided in the form of crayons, colored pencils, and the like. A method of providing a mark on a colored substrate is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2000Date of Patent: April 3, 2001Assignee: Binney & Smith Inc.Inventor: Michael S. Craig
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Patent number: 6186936Abstract: A flexible counter for an embossing system provides resilient support under a sheet which opposes pressure from a contoured die forming an embossment in the sheet. The flexible counter includes a resilient mat and a fixed bolster which supports the mat. The bolster has a peripheral wall which extends around sides of the mat so that an upper portion of the mat protrudes above the peripheral wall. In addition, the bolster includes support surfaces bounded by recesses. The support surfaces support a bottom surface of the mat, and the recesses receive bulging portions of the mat when compressed under pressure from the die.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1998Date of Patent: February 13, 2001Assignee: Hallmark Cards, IncorporatedInventors: Ronald R. Smith, Scott A. Schimke
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Patent number: D443481Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2000Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Brabantia Nederland B.V.Inventor: Rudolphus Cornelis Henricus Daams
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Patent number: D443482Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2000Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Brabantia Nederland B.V.Inventor: Rudolphus Cornelis Henricus Daams
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Patent number: D443797Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2000Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Assignee: Brabantia Nederland B.V.Inventor: Antonius Johannes Verbeek
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Patent number: D446375Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2000Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Brabantia Nederland B.V.Inventor: Rudolphus Cornelis Henricus Daams
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Patent number: D446615Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2000Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: Brabantia Nederland B.V.Inventor: Antonius Johannes Verbeek
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Patent number: D447296Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2000Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: Brabantia Nederland B.V.Inventor: Antonius Johannes Verbeek
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Patent number: D452596Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2000Date of Patent: December 25, 2001Assignee: Brabantia Nederland B.V.Inventor: Peter Wilhelmus de Wit
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Patent number: D456968Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Brabantia Nederland B.V.Inventor: Antonius Johannes Verbeek