Patents Represented by Attorney Mesmer & Deleault, PLLC
  • Patent number: 6742658
    Abstract: In combination, a dump truck mountable particle screener for mounting atop the dump body of a dump truck, and a dump truck. The dump-truck mountable particle screener has a support frame, a screen deck, a plurality of spring assemblies connecting the screen deck to the support frame, and a vibrating mechanism attached to the screen deck for imparting the vibratory motion to the screen deck. The dump truck receives the particle screener atop the dump body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher J. Bolton, Kenneth D. White, Sr.
  • Patent number: 6738683
    Abstract: An epitaxial cleaning apparatus has a blower controller module and controller module code. The blower controller module is connected between a blower of an epitaxial deposition device having a reaction chamber, a blower and a plurality of plenum chambers for delivering cooling air from the blower to the reaction chamber, and a blower power source for controlling the speed of the blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: CXE Equipment Services, LLC
    Inventor: Frank J. Dunn
  • Patent number: 6736402
    Abstract: In a ferrofluid seal that supports a pressure differential between a low pressure side and a high pressure side, a reservoir is created between a first seal stage at the low pressure side and its adjacent seal stage. The volume of the reservoir is relatively large compared to the volumes of the interstage areas between the other seal stages. In addition, a controlled leakage path bypasses the first stage from the reservoir to the low-pressure area. The leakage rate through the bypass path is controlled so that gas in the reservoir leaks to the low-pressure area relatively slowly, for example, the bypass path might equalize the pressure across the first stage over a five-minute interval. This arrangement prevents a seal stage burst from disgorging a large gas volume into the low-pressure side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Ferrotec (USA) Corporation
    Inventor: Zhixin Li
  • Patent number: 6689272
    Abstract: An electrochemical sensor for detecting the presence and amount of acetate in cell culture and fermentation media. The electrochemical sensor has a pH electrode, an internal reference electrode, a special high-tensile strength gas permeable membrane, and internal reference electrolyte such that acetate concentration can be measured using a pretreatment buffer having a pH of about 5.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Nova Biomedical Corporation
    Inventors: Ravi Kumar Meruva, Jeffrey Chen-Yie Chien, Chung Chang Young
  • Patent number: 6652838
    Abstract: A method for treating postprandial hyperglycemia in diabetes mellitus in a human which employs a combination of an aerosolizable topical insulin and a short-acting oral hypoglycemic agent as a regimen taken adjacent to mealtime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventors: Robert E. Weinstein, Allan M. Weinstein
  • Patent number: 6651816
    Abstract: A prepackaged, therapeutic regimen includes a non-sedating first dosage unit that includes a nasal decongestant, a second dosage unit that includes an antihistamine and an attenuated dosage of nasal decongestant, indicia for distinguishing between the first and second dosage units, administration instructions that teach the coordinated use of the first and second dosage units, and a pharmaceutical dispensing container containing the first and second dosage units and incorporating the indicia and coordinating instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventor: Robert E. Weinstein
  • Patent number: 6577887
    Abstract: The apparatus and method alters the intravenous delivery of pharmaceuticals to enhance imaging of the vasculature of an animal. The apparatus includes a pressure-inducing component that is sized to attach circumferentially to an extremity of an animal thereby impeding arterial blood flow causing said pharmaceuticals to remain at selected levels within the vasculature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Inventors: Floyd Wolff, Steven Wolff
  • Patent number: 6568925
    Abstract: An abrasive liquid pump having a pump housing and a piston component configured for slidable movement within the pump housing. The pump housing has a bottom housing portion with a bottom end and a bottom mid-pump end and a top housing portion with a top end and a top mid-pump end. The top portion is removably attached to the bottom portion. The piston component has a top piston assembly on one end having at least one sealing component for sealable engagement against an inner surface of the top housing portion and a bottom piston assembly on the other end having at least on sealing component for sealable engagement against an inner surface of the bottom housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Inventor: Eric Gunderson
  • Patent number: 6564945
    Abstract: A unified medication assemblage comprising a multiplicity of medications, functional indicia, and instructions for coordinating the medications together as a regimen. The medication dosages are retained in blister packs or pouches, are organized into event modules associated with particular daily events, and have corresponding event indicia. In one embodiment, the event modules are further organized into day modules having day indicia. In another embodiment, the event modules are organized into compartments of a box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Inventors: Robert E. Weinstein, Alan M. Weinstein
  • Patent number: 6561367
    Abstract: A portable hoist has a U-shaped base, a tail assembly with at least a tail leg, an adjustable, telescoping mast secured to the base, a transverse lifting beam secured to the top of the mast and having a roller at each end, and a lifting system attached to a lower portion of the mast and adjacent the base. The lifting system has a winching mechanism and a lifting cable that extends vertically from the winching mechanism to one of the rollers of the lifting beam, across to the second roller and downwardly ending in a free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Inventor: Wayne Eaton
  • Patent number: 6505809
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for shaping and molding material having two sidewalls, two end walls, a bottom and at least one partition. The two sidewalls have grooves spaced at predetermined intervals on an inside surface for receiving a partition and a bottom ledge for retaining the bottom. The inside surface has a plurality of openings sized for receiving holding members and may have a variety of shapes. The bottom is shaped to mate with the shape of the inside surface of the sidewalls. The two end walls include locking mechanisms for holding the various components of the apparatus together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: West Wind Traders, Inc.
    Inventor: Cathy J. Reed
  • Patent number: 6477747
    Abstract: A load binder with locking structure has a cradle portion defining two spaced arms and an actuating handle having a swinging component portion at a first end. A first pivotal connection is operatively connected to one end of the cradle between the two spaced arms and a second end of the actuating handle for relative swinging movement about a first pivotal axis between a load tightening position and a release position such that an intermediate portion of the handle is received between the two arms of the cradle. A second pivotal connection is operatively connecting a second tension element to the handle for relative pivotal movement about an axis offset from the first pivotal axis at a location to be overcenter with respect to the first axis when the handle is in a load tightening position. A locking pin has an elongated member with a first eccentric portion located near or on a first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Inventor: Terry Flagg
  • Patent number: 6457436
    Abstract: An improved fish deterrent and guide, utilizing generally a paddlewheel (1) consisting of a central shaft (10) with vanes (12) to create a behavioral modifier. When paddlewheel (1) is rotated, the action of the vanes striking the water creates water particle motion (low frequency sound or infrasound), turbulence and current, as well as visual cues that fish avoid. The device is tunable for different fish species and life stages by adjustment of vane style, spacing, and paddlewheel rotation speed. The use of multiple behavioral deterrents creates a measure of reliability in the system. Another advantage is that this fish deterrent provides a continuous lead, which is more effective than typical point-source turbulence and sound generators. Typically, the paddlewheel fish deterrent and guide is positioned at the water surface across the intake to a power plant intake to deter surface oriented downstream migrating fish, and guide them to a bypass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventors: Jonathan P. Truebe, Eric P. Truebe
  • Patent number: 6446265
    Abstract: A hat retaining mechanism has a flexible tether, a clip mechanism attached to one end of the flexible tether to be located on the outside of a hat, and a slidable retraction component on the flexible tether located on the inside of the hat between the other end of the flexible tether that is secured to the inside of the hat and an opening in the hat through which the flexible tether passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Inventors: Darrell A. Moreau, Andre W. Moreau
  • Patent number: 6447751
    Abstract: A dispensing container which incorporates an aerosolizable topical insulin preparation, at least one oral hypoglycemic agent, and indicia and instructions for their coordinated use as a single therapeutic regimen for the treatment of diabetes mellitus in a human, and a method for treating diabetes mellitus which employs such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Inventors: Robert E. Weinstein, Allan M. Weinstein
  • Patent number: 6412664
    Abstract: A cap for use in dispensing viscous liquids from containers without the accompaniment of lower viscosity liquid present in the container. The cap has a top portion with an outside surface and an inside surface and an elongated conduit formed at a pre-determined angle. The elongated conduit has an outlet and an inlet. The outlet is situated either eccentrically or concentrically on the outside surface of the top portion such that at least one point on the circumference of the top portion is greater than 10 millimeters from the edge of the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventors: Floyd Wolff, Steven Wolff
  • Patent number: 6410971
    Abstract: A flexible thermoelectric module having a pair of flexible substrates, a plurality of electrically conductive contacts on one side of each of the flexible substrates, and a plurality of P-type and N-type thermoelectric elements electrically connected between opposing sides of the pair of flexible substrates having the plurality of conductive contacts where the plurality of conductive contacts connect adjacent P-type and N-type elements to each other in series and where each of the P-type and N-type elements has a first end connected to one of the plurality of conductive contacts of one of the substrates and a second end connected to one of the plurality of electrical contacts of the other of the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Ferrotec (USA) Corporation
    Inventor: Robert W. Otey
  • Patent number: 6401830
    Abstract: A process for extinguishing a fire, using an inert gas in its liquid phase as the fire extinguishing agent. The extinguishing agent must be a clean agent so it must not be electrically conductive and it must not leave any post evaporation residue. The extinguishing agent possesses properties that make the agent the capable of extinguishing fires. Also, the process does not have any effects that are harmful to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: David B. Romanoff
  • Patent number: D458563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: David B. Jones
  • Patent number: D471085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Markarian