Patents by Inventor Christopher Bates
Christopher Bates 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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Patent number: 7497590Abstract: A desired color of illumination of a subject is achieved by determining settings for color inputs and applying those setting to one or more systems that generate and mix colors of light, so as to provide combined light of the desired character. In the examples of appropriate systems, an optical integrating cavity diffusely reflects light of three or more colors, and combined light emerging from an aperture of the cavity illuminates the subject. System settings for amounts of the different colors of the input lights are easily recorded for reuse or for transfer and use in other systems.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2005Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Assignee: Advanced Optical Technologies, LLCInventors: Jack C. Rains, Jr., Matthew Brown, Christopher Bates
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Patent number: 7374311Abstract: A system provides light of selectable spectral characteristic (e.g. a selectable color combination of light), for luminous applications such as signage and indicator lights. An optical integrating cavity combines energy of different wavelengths from different sources, typically different-color LEDs. The cavity has a diffusely reflective interior surface and an aperture for allowing emission of combined light. Control of the intensity of emission of the sources sets the amount of each wavelength of light in the combined output and thus determines a spectral characteristic of the light output through the aperture. A deflector shaped like a number, character, letter, or other symbol, may be coupled to a similarly shaped aperture. By combining several such fixtures, it is possible to spell out words and phrases, with selectable color lighting. Disclosed fixture examples use an extruded body member with appropriately located reflective surfaces, to form both the cavity and deflector.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2005Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Advanced Optical Technologies, LLCInventors: Jack C. Rains, Jr., Christopher Bates, Matthew Brown
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Publication number: 20070263352Abstract: A device housing (105) and a method (500) of manufacturing the same. The method can include positioning within a mold (300) an insert (205) of thermally conductive film (210). For example, graphite film can be positioned within the mold. The graphite film can have a first thermal conductivity in an in-plane direction (215) and a second thermal conductivity in a normal direction (220) that is less than one-tenth the first thermal conductivity. For example, the graphite film can have a first thermal conductivity in an in-plane direction that is greater than about 150 W/m-K and a second thermal conductivity in a normal direction that is less than 15 W/m-K. An electronic circuit (400) including at least one thermal energy generator (405) can be positioned into the device housing. The thermal energy generator can be positioned proximate to the insert of thermally conductive film.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2006Publication date: November 15, 2007Applicant: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Kinzy Jones, Christopher Bates, Brian Belknap, Emory Carroll
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Publication number: 20070172382Abstract: Air freshener products and methods for freshening air are disclosed. In some embodiments, the air freshening product may include a container for storing an air freshening composition that may contain compressed gas such as compressed air, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, inert gases, or carbon dioxide. When the container is completely filled with propellant and air freshening composition, the air freshening composition may be released from the container at a flow rate of from about 0.0001 grams/second to about 1.2 grams/second. The method of freshening air, in certain embodiments, provides improved delivery of an air freshening composition using a non-hydrocarbon propellant. If malodor counteractants are used, the method may also provide a reduction in malodors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2004Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Hirotaka Uchiyama, Christopher Bates, Eric Wagnon, Cynthia McCann, Carl-Eric Kaiser, Steven Diersing
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Publication number: 20070062980Abstract: A sprayer actuator, a sprayer, and a method of making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the sprayer includes an ergonomic sprayer actuator with a housing having an upper portion, a lower portion for fitting over a can, and a narrowed waist portion between the upper portion and the lower portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2006Publication date: March 22, 2007Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Christopher Bates, Chow-chi Huang, Stephen Iding, Naomi Nelson, Ricky Ah-Man Woo
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Publication number: 20060244783Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve made using certain materials which is capable of operation at high frequencies and which can be made as a compact unit. The plunger (1) is made from an electromagnetic material having a saturation flux density greater than 1.2 Tesla preferably more than 1.6 Tesla, the bore leading from the valve head chamber (14) to the nozzle orifice (12) has a length to diameter ratio of less than 5:1 preferably between 2:1 and 4:1 and the nozzle orifice (12) has a diameter of 80 micrometer or less. The invention also relates to method for operating a drop on demand ink jet printer incorporating such a valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2006Publication date: November 2, 2006Inventors: David Horsnell, Matthew Tomlin, Ammar Lecheheb, Oliver Prime, Michael Fox, Christopher Bates
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Publication number: 20060238587Abstract: A method of printing onto one or more sides of a mesh fabric, such a polyester mesh typically used for flags and banners, using a drop on demand ink printer, wherein the printer is operated at a fluid pressure of between 1 and 3.5 bar and that the image forming composition has a viscosity of less than 100 cp.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2004Publication date: October 26, 2006Inventors: David Horsnell, Matthew Tomlin, Ammar Lecheheb, Oliver Prime, Michael Fox, Christopher Bates
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Publication number: 20060203483Abstract: A desired color of illumination of a subject is achieved by determining settings for color inputs and applying those setting to one or more systems that generate and mix colors of light, so as to provide combined light of the desired character. In the examples of appropriate systems, an optical integrating cavity diffusely reflects light of three or more colors, and combined light emerging from an aperture of the cavity illuminates the subject. System settings for amounts of the different colors of the input lights are easily recorded for reuse or for transfer and use in other systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2005Publication date: September 14, 2006Inventors: Jack Rains Jr, Matthew Brown, Christopher Bates
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Publication number: 20060153989Abstract: The present invention provides a method, and a inkjet printer configure to perform the method, of manufacturing a transfer for application to a substrate, the method comprising the steps of (a) applying an image (20, 30) to a carrier sheet (15); and (b) applying a cover coat (25, 35) over at least that area of the sheet to which the image has been applied, characterised in that the image and/or the cover coat is applied using an ink jet printer. The invention also provides a method of cover coating a transfer for application to a substrate, the method comprising the step of: coating a carrier sheet comprising one or more preprinted images by applying a cover coat over at least that area of the sheet to which an image has been applied, characterised in that the cover coat is applied using an ink jet printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2003Publication date: July 13, 2006Inventors: David Horsnell, Matthew Tomlin, Christopher Bates
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Publication number: 20060098060Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve made using certain materials which is capable of operation at high frequencies and which can be made as a compact unit. The invention also relates to method for operating a drop on demand ink jet printer incorporating such a valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2003Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventors: David Horsnell, Matthew Tomlin, Ammar Lecheheb, Oliver Prime, Michael Fox, Christopher Bates
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Publication number: 20060087523Abstract: The present invention provides a method of printing an image, and an apparatus for performing the method, the method comprising the steps of: (a) generating print data representing the image to be printed; (b) dividing the print data into a plurality of sub-elements; (c) writing each print data sub-element into respective memory means locations; (d) sequentially reading the memory means; and (e) printing an iamb by activating a print valve in accordance with print data sub-element read from the memory means. The method enables printing heads to be slanted such that different print heights can be obtained whilst still printing in a vertical orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2003Publication date: April 27, 2006Inventors: David Horsnell, Matthew Tomlin, Ammar Lecheheb, Oliver Prime, Michael Fox, Christopher Bates
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Publication number: 20050231553Abstract: A solenoid valve making use of certain materials which is capable of operation at high frequencies and which can be made as a compact unit. The plunger (1) is made from a material having a saturation flux density greater than 1.4 Tesla preferably more than 1.6 Tesla, a coercivity at less than 0.25 ampere per centimeter and a relative magnetic permeability in excess of 10.000; and the nozzle bore leading from the valve head chamber (14) to the nozzle orifice (12) has a length to diameter ratio of less than 8:1 preferably between 2:1 to 4:1 and the nozzle orifice (12) has a diameter substantially the same as that of the nozzle bore. The invention also relates to method for operating a drop on demand ink jet printer incorporating such a valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2003Publication date: October 20, 2005Inventors: David Horsnell, Matthew Tomlin, Ammar Lecheheb, Oliver Prime, Michael Fox, Christopher Bates
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Patent number: 6945881Abstract: The invention relates to a ball court that allows persons with limited mobility to play a ball game while enjoying making challenging shots. One embodiment comprises an automatic score board. The court has a raised central portion that extends from the back wall to mid-court, tapering horizontally, narrowing away from the front wall. On either side of the central portion are strike zones sloping upward which merge into the back wall. As a player strikes a ball with a club, the ball travels along the player's strike zone and up the back wall. Momentum carries the ball across the wall and gravity draws it to the opponent's strike zone. The flattened parabolic curve allows a player to make a variety of shots that will enter the opponent's strike zone at different positions and angles. Upstanding peripheral walls with deflectors may be included on the court to allow a ball to travel challenging trajectories through the opponent's strike zone.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Inventor: Farrell Christopher Bates
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Publication number: 20050103902Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve made using certain materials which is capable of operation at high frequencies and which can be made as a compact unit. The plunger (1) is made from an electromagnetic material having a saturation flux density greater than 1.2 Teslar preferably more than 1.6 Teslar, the bore leading from the valve head chamber (14) to the nozzle orifice (12) has a length to diameter ratio of less than 5:1 preferably between 2:1 and 4:1 and the nozzle orifice (12) has a diameter of 80 micrometer or less. The invention also relates to method for operating a drop on demand ink jet printer incorporating such a valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2002Publication date: May 19, 2005Inventors: David Hornsell, Matthew Tomlin, Ammar Lecheheb, Oliver Prime, Michael Fox, Christopher Bates
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Publication number: 20040029654Abstract: The invention relates to a ball court that allows persons with limited mobility to play a ball game while enjoying making challenging shots. One embodiment comprises an automatic score board. The court has a raised central portion that extends from the back wall to mid-court, tapering horizontally, narrowing away from the front wall. On either side of the central portion are strike zones sloping upward which merge into the back wall. As a player strikes a ball with a club, the ball travels along the player's strike zone and up the back wall. Momentum carries the ball across the wall and gravity draws it to the opponent's strike zone. The flattened parabolic curve allows a player to make a variety of shots that will enter the opponent's strike zone at different positions and angles. Upstanding peripheral walls with deflectors may be included on the court to allow a ball to travel challenging trajectories through the opponent's strike zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: February 12, 2004Inventor: Farrell Christopher Bates
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Patent number: 6363925Abstract: A charcoal grill includes a mechanism whereby a user may adjust the vertical distance between a fuel grate and a cooking grid by rotating a control knob located on the surface of the charcoal grill. This mechanism provides a safer and more convenient way of adjusting the distance between the burning fuel and the food being cooked. The charcoal grill further includes a removable ash collector located at the bottom of the charcoal grill. To empty ash a user slides the ash collector out from its position at the bottom of the charcoal grill, empties it, and then replaces it to resume ash collection. Thus a user may conveniently dispose of ash without the use of an ash sweep tool and without interrupting operation. Furthermore the charcoal grill includes a metal skirt inside its lower shell, which protects the lower shell of the charcoal grill from excessive heat, lengthening its operational life.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2000Date of Patent: April 2, 2002Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.Inventors: Ernest Matthew Chavana, Jr., Michael Giebel, Danene N. Jaffe, Mark Christopher Bates
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Patent number: D414305Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1998Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: Rexair, Inc.Inventors: Dean Robert Rohn, Roy Oliver Erickson, Stephen John Wood, John J. Alberts, III, Alan Joseph Krebs, Mark Christopher Bates, John Carl Costello
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Patent number: D420476Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1998Date of Patent: February 8, 2000Assignee: Rexair, Inc.Inventors: Dean Robert Rohn, Gary A. Kasper, Mark Christopher Bates, John Carl Costello
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Patent number: D423154Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1998Date of Patent: April 18, 2000Assignee: Rexair, Inc.Inventors: Dean Robert Rohn, Roy Oliver Erickson, John J. Alberts, III, Alan Joseph Krebs, Mark Christopher Bates, John Carl Costello
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Patent number: D426355Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: Rexair, Inc.Inventors: Dean Robert Rohn, Roy Oliver Erickson, Stephen John Wood, John J. Alberts, III, Alan Joseph Krebs, Mark Christopher Bates, John Carl Costello