Patents by Inventor Blair A. Butler
Blair A. Butler 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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Publication number: 20130044157Abstract: Pre-treatment composition and printing method, for producing durable images, using it are disclosed. Said pre-treatment composition includes a liquid vehicle, a polyvalent metal salt as fixing agent, and a latex resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?22° C. to 20° C. Said method encompasses applying the pre-treatment composition onto a recording medium and applying an ink composition including an aqueous liquid vehicle and a colorant, over said pre-treatment composition, wherein the time interval between the finishing point of the application of the pre-treatment composition and between the starting point of the application of the ink composition is between 1 and 30 seconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: George Sarkisian, Ali Emamjomeh, Blair A. Butler
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Publication number: 20120314000Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a pre-treatment composition for inkjet printing, comprising: a liquid vehicle, a fixing agent, a non-ionic defoaming surfactant, a surface tension reducing surfactant, and a latex resin having an acid number of less than 20.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Inventors: George Sarkisian, Ali Emamjomeh, Blair A. Butler
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Publication number: 20120301319Abstract: A turbine component may generally comprise an airfoil having a base and a tip disposed opposite the base. The airfoil may further include a pressure side surface and a suction side surface extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. An airfoil circuit may be at least partially disposed within the airfoil and may be configured to supply a medium through the airfoil. The turbine component may also include a curved passage defined in the airfoil so as to be in flow communication with the airfoil circuit. Additionally, an outlet may be defined through the pressure side surface or the suction side surface of the airfoil. The outlet may be in flow communication with the curved passage and may have a cross-sectional area that is greater than a cross-sectional area of the curved passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Benjamin Paul Lacy, Jesse Blair Butler
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Publication number: 20120087803Abstract: A turbine bucket includes an airfoil portion at one end thereof; a root portion at an opposite end thereof; a platform portion between the airfoil portion and the root portion; at least one internal cavity within or radially inward of the platform portion having at least one film cooling hole extending between the at least one cavity and an external surface of the platform portion. The film cooling hole is curved along a length dimension of the film cooling hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Jesse Blair BUTLER, Benjamin LACY
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Publication number: 20110304661Abstract: A printing system and method form one of more pretreatment compositions on a medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2010Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventors: Ali Emamjomeh, George Sarkisian, Blair A. Butler, Elizabeth Ann Visnyak, Sean W. Dobbins, David S. Vejtasa
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Publication number: 20110023494Abstract: A gas turbine includes a compressor and at least one combustor downstream from the compressor. The combustor includes a burner having an inner shroud extending axially along at least a portion of the burner, an outer shroud radially separated from the inner shroud and extending axially along at least a portion of the burner, and a plurality of stator vanes extending radially between the inner shroud and the outer shroud. The stator vanes have an inner end proximate the inner shroud and an outer end proximate the outer shroud. The burner further includes a vortex tip at one of either the inner end or the outer end of the stator vanes. The vortex tip provides a gap between the inner end and the inner shroud or the outer end and the outer shroud, and the vortex tip includes a plurality of fuel ports. The gas turbine further includes a turbine downstream from the combustor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: JESSE BLAIR BUTLER, DAVID LEACH, KEVIN WESTON MCMAHAN, MARK ALLAN HADLEY, GEOFFREY DAVID MYERS
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Patent number: 7771030Abstract: An ink cartridge has a first portion having a plurality of chambers formed therein; a second portion attached to the first portion and having at least one opening into each of the plurality of chambers, and wherein for each opening the second portion further includes at least a portion of a fluid directing channel; and a third portion attached to the second portion and configured to receive a plurality of fluids and direct each of the plurality of fluids into one of the respective fluid directing channels such that each of the plurality of fluids flows into a respective one of the plurality of chambers.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Paul Fishbein, Blair A. Butler, Geoffrey Schmid, M. Derek Patton, Timothy J Carlin
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Publication number: 20070291089Abstract: An ink cartridge has a first portion having a plurality of chambers formed therein; a second portion attached to the first portion and having at least one opening into each of the plurality of chambers, and wherein for each opening the second portion further includes at least a portion of a fluid directing channel; and a third portion attached to the second portion and configured to receive a plurality of fluids and direct each of the plurality of fluids into one of the respective fluid directing channels such that each of the plurality of fluids flows into a respective one of the plurality of chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Paul Fishbein, Blair Butler, Geoffrey Schmid, M. Patton, Timothy Carlin
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Patent number: 7278720Abstract: An ink cartridge has a first portion having a plurality of chambers formed therein; a second portion attached to the first portion and having at least one opening into each of the plurality of chambers, and wherein for each opening the second portion further includes at least a portion of a fluid directing channel; and a third portion attached to the second portion and configured to receive a plurality of fluids and direct each of the plurality of fluids into one of the respective fluid directing channels such that each of the plurality of fluids flows into a respective one of the plurality of chambers.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2005Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Develpoment Company, L.P.Inventors: Paul Fishbein, Blair A. Butler, Geoffrey Schmid, M. Derek Patton, Timothy J Carlin
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Patent number: 7210761Abstract: Various embodiments of a wiper apparatus and method for cleaning a printhead are provided. In one embodiment, the wiper apparatus includes a wiper having a leading contact surface, a trailing contact surface, and a capillary passageway that extends at least partially along an axis that intersects the leading contact surface and the trailing contact surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2003Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: James A. Mott, John A. Barinaga, Blair A. Butler
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Patent number: 7192131Abstract: In one embodiment, a filter element carrier comprises a first wedge shaped cavity, a second wedge shaped cavity isolated from and overlapping the first cavity, an outlet from a deep part of the first cavity, and an inlet to a deep part of the second cavity. In one embodiment, a filter element carrier comprises a body defining a cavity, the body having a first surface configured to support a first filter element covering one side of the cavity and a second surface configured to support a second filter element covering a second side of the cavity opposite the first side, and a barrier to fluid flow interposed between a first part of the cavity adjacent to the first surface and a second part of the cavity adjacent to the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Jinsong Gao, M. Derek Patton, Blair A. Butler, Jorge Angel Borquez
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Publication number: 20060164481Abstract: An ink cartridge has a first portion having a plurality of chambers formed therein; a second portion attached to the first portion and having at least one opening into each of the plurality of chambers, and wherein for each opening the second portion further includes at least a portion of a fluid directing channel; and a third portion attached to the second portion and configured to receive a plurality of fluids and direct each of the plurality of fluids into one of the respective fluid directing channels such that each of the plurality of fluids flows into a respective one of the plurality of chambers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2005Publication date: July 27, 2006Inventors: Paul Fishbein, Blair Butler, Geoffrey Schmid, M. Patton, Timothy Carlin
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Publication number: 20050253910Abstract: In one embodiment, a filter element carrier comprises a first wedge shaped cavity, a second wedge shaped cavity isolated from and overlapping the first cavity, an outlet from a deep part of the first cavity, and an inlet to a deep part of the second cavity. In one embodiment, a filter element carrier comprises a body defining a cavity, the body having a first surface configured to support a first filter element covering one side of the cavity and a second surface configured to support a second filter element covering a second side of the cavity opposite the first side, and a barrier to fluid flow interposed between a first part of the cavity adjacent to the first surface and a second part of the cavity adjacent to the second surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2004Publication date: November 17, 2005Inventors: Jinsong Gao, M. Patton, Blair Butler, Jorge Borquez
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Publication number: 20050062796Abstract: Various embodiments of a wiper apparatus and method for cleaning a printhead are provided. In one embodiment, the wiper apparatus includes a wiper having a leading contact surface, a trailing contact surface, and a capillary passageway that extends at least partially along an axis that intersects the leading contact surface and the trailing contact surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2003Publication date: March 24, 2005Inventors: James Mott, John Barinaga, Blair Butler
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Patent number: 6607259Abstract: A thermal ink jet printer having enhanced heat removal capability and method of assembling the printer. The thermal inkjet printer includes a thermal inkjet print bead adapted to hold an ink body therein. A heating element is adapted to be in fluid communication with the ink body for generating heat to heat the ink body. A vapor bubble forms in the ink body to eject an ink drop when the heating element causes the ink body to reach a predetermined temperature. Presence of the vapor bubble forces on ink drop out the printer to form an image on a recording medium. A conductive heat removal structure is in thermal communication with the heating element and is also in fluid communication with the ink body. Heat generated by the heating element is transferred from the heating element and into the heat removal structure. The heat removal structure then surrenders the heat to the ink body, which functions as an “infinite” heat sink.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2001Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: James A Mott, Blair Butler
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Publication number: 20030071865Abstract: A thermal ink jet printer having enhanced heat removal capability and method of assembling the printer. The thermal inkjet printer includes a thermal inkjet print head adapted to hold an ink body therein. The heating element is adapted to be in fluid communication with the ink body for generating heat to heat the ink body. A vapor bubble forms in the ink body to eject an ink drop when the heating element causes the ink body to reach a predetermined temperature. Presence of the vapor bubble forces an ink drop out the printer to form an image on a recording medium. A conductive heat removal structure is in thermal communication with the heating element and is also in fluid communication with the ink body. Heat generated by the heating element is transferred from the heating element and into the heat removal structure. The heat removal structure then surrenders the heat to the ink body, which functions as an “infinite” heat sink.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2001Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventors: James A. Mott, Blair Butler