Patents by Inventor Brian Reed

Brian Reed 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).

  • Patent number: 5332221
    Abstract: A multi-channel game puzzle with movable base utilizing manual tilting employing the multi-channel game puzzle, the game puzzle including a housing defining a main chamber and having a vertical axis further including a plurality of channels positioned in a common plane within the main chamber being equally spaced and extending radially outward, a central hub having a socket cooperating with a movable shaft for rotably mounting the central hub within the main chamber about the common vertical axis movement reciprocally between an upper locked position for locking the playing pieces in the channels and a lower free swivel position for permitting free swiveling of the inner chamber relative to the housing upon manual tilting of the housing between a first communication position, a second communication position, a third communication position and a fourth communication position and including a plurality of sets of game pieces each set having like marked game pieces also including a unitary blocker piece having di
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Inventor: Brian Reed
  • Patent number: 5251899
    Abstract: A multi-channel game puzzle and method of play utilizing manual tilting employing the multi-channel game puzzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Inventor: Brian Reed
  • Patent number: 5222663
    Abstract: An electrostatic spraying device in which liquid emerging from an outlet of the device nozzle (12) is subjected to an electrical field sufficiently high for the liquid to be drawn from the outlet as one or more ligaments which break up into charged droplets to form the spray. The device is adapted for the spraying of targets which are conventionally difficult to coat electrostatically, eg. targets of insulating material. This is achieved by the use of circuitry (18, 20, 22, 24) which generates a bi-polar high voltage output having a frequency such that successive clouds of particles are charged with opposite polarity but do not discharge each other in flight. In this way, the charge applied to the particles is effective to assist seeking of the target without leading to build-up of charge on the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Timothy J. Noakes, Brian A. Reed, John J. Chambers
  • Patent number: 5222664
    Abstract: An electrostatic spraying device in which liquid emerging from an outlet (24) of the device nozzle (12) is subjected to an electrical field sufficiently high for the liquid to be drawn from the outlet as one or more ligaments which break up into charged droplets to form the spray. In order to provide shock suppression, the electrical field is produced by means of high voltage circuitry having a bi-polar output with a frequency no greater than 10 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Timothy J. Noakes, Brian Reed, John J. Chambers
  • Patent number: 5221085
    Abstract: A multi-channel game puzzle and method of play utilizing manual tilting employing the multi-channel game puzzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Inventor: Brian Reed
  • Patent number: 5075716
    Abstract: Radiant energy is directed from a source (14,16) to an illumination plane (28) where the light receiving ends of groups (36) of optic fibers are arranged in coplanar striations (100), after which the radiant energy passes through the groups of optic fibers into individual exposure columns (40) and on to an exposure plane (42) where a radiation sensitive sample is exposed in individual areas to different, readily adjustable levels of illuminance from each of the groups of optic fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Howard P. Jehan, Eugene R. Clemons, Thomas W. McKeehan, Brian A. Reed
  • Patent number: 4964812
    Abstract: A wire connecting system which includes a pair of mating connectors for effecting electrical cross connections between a first set of of conductors and a second set of conductors is presented. The two mating connectors are known by the terms "wiring block" and "connecting block" wherein the wiring block provides evenly spaced receptacles for the first wire conductors that hold them in alignment for engagement with a plurality of insulation penetrating slotted beam contacts carried by the connecting block. The plurality of insulation penetrating slotted beam contacts housed by the connecting block are double ended such that, once the first set of wire conudctors are terminated, a second set of wire conductors are then indexed and retained by the connecting block for subsequent termination to the opposing ends of the insulation penetrating contacts by a tool or end cap designed for such a purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: The Siemon Company
    Inventors: John A. Siemon, Brian Reed