Patents by Inventor Christopher John Ord
Christopher John Ord 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: 11583153Abstract: A mobile robot that includes a control system, a task execution system and a drive system, the control system configured to monitor the task execution system and drive system, wherein the control system comprises an error detection unit, the error detection unit configured to detect a first error in the task execution system and a second error in the drive system, and further configured to determine that a third error has occurred if it detects the first error and the second error at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Maximilian John Britain, William Matthew Wakeling, Christopher John Ord
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Publication number: 20220091615Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile robot capable of carrying out an operation within an environment, the method including: storing an environment map in a memory, the environment map including data to enable the robot to navigate the environment; further storing in the memory data corresponding to one or more hazard areas encountered by the mobile robot during previous operations; and reducing a tilt threshold of the robot when the mobile robot is navigating within an area of the environment that corresponds to a previously encountered hazard area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Christopher John ORD, James Robert CARSWELL, Giles ASHBEE
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Patent number: 10252230Abstract: A tinting machine (1) comprising one or more dispenser heads for dispensing colorant into a paint container (3), the one or more dispenser heads comprising a fluid outlet (16) for discharging the colorant into the paint container (3), an internal chamber (19) opening in the fluid outlet, and a piston (25) that is longitudinally and movably arranged inside the internal chamber. An outer side surface of the piston and the inner surface of the internal chamber define an annular space (29) and the piston comprises a circumventional protrusion (26) defining a constriction (28) in the annular space. By supplying cleaning fluid to the internal chamber and moving the piston between a first and a second position, the internal chamber can be cleaned from residual colorant with a small amount of cleaning fluid. The invention further relates to a method for dispensing one or more colorants into a paint container using such tinting machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Christopher John Ord, Matthew Keith Fordham, Michael Roger Cane
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Publication number: 20180326379Abstract: A tinting machine (1) comprising one or more dispenser heads for dispensing colorant into a paint container (3), the one or more dispenser heads comprising a fluid outlet (16) for discharging the colorant into the paint container (3), an internal chamber (19) opening in the fluid outlet, and a piston (25) that is longitudinally and movably arranged inside the internal chamber. An outer side surface of the piston and the inner surface of the internal chamber define an annular space (29) and the piston comprises a circumventional protrusion (26) defining a constriction (28) in the annular space. By supplying cleaning fluid to the internal chamber and moving the piston between a first and a second position, the internal chamber can be cleaned from residual colorant with a small amount of cleaning fluid. The invention further relates to a method for dispensing one or more colorants into a paint container using such tinting machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Christopher John Ord, Matthew Keith Fordham, Michael Roger Cane
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Publication number: 20180303302Abstract: A mobile robot that includes a control system, a task execution system and a drive system, the control system configured to monitor the task execution system and drive system, wherein the control system comprises an error detection unit, the error detection unit configured to detect a first error in the task execution system and a second error in the drive system, and further configured to determine that a third error has occurred if it detects the first error and the second error at the same time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Maximilian John BRITAIN, William Matthew WAKELING, Christopher John ORD
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Patent number: 10028632Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile robot, the method including monitoring a first system of the mobile robot to detect a first error associated with the first system, monitoring a second system of the mobile robot to detect a second error associated with the second system, and when the first error and the second error are detected at the same time, determining that a third error has occurred.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Maximilian John Britain, William Matthew Wakeling, Christopher John Ord
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Publication number: 20160345791Abstract: A method of controlling a mobile robot, the method including monitoring a first system of the mobile robot to detect a first error associated with the first system, monitoring a second system of the mobile robot to detect a second error associated with the second system, and when the first error and the second error are detected at the same time, determining that a third error has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Maximilian John BRITAIN, William Matthew WAKELING, Christopher John ORD
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Patent number: 8790033Abstract: A painting apparatus comprising a paint module, an applicator assembly, and a dip-tube assembly containing a pump, the paint module having a container receiving section which is closeable by a releasably attachable lid, the applicator assembly being fluidly connectable to liquid in the container receiving section via the dip-tube assembly, in which the lid includes an aperture to allow the dip-tube assembly to pass therethrough and submerge the pump in the liquid (FIG. 1).Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.Inventors: Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Michael Roger Cane, Christopher John Ord, Gary Thomas Wren, Nicholas Field, Ahmad Bittar
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Patent number: 8632271Abstract: A painting apparatus comprising a paint module, an applicator assembly having an applicator surface, and a pump, the paint module having a container receiving section, the applicator assembly being fluidly connectable to the container receiving section such that the pump can supply liquid contained in the container receiving section to the applicator assembly, in which the apparatus can operate in a painting cycle where the container receiving section receives a paint container with a supply of paint such that the paint can be supplied to the applicator assembly, and in a cleaning cycle where the container receiving section receives a liquid in the form of a cleaning fluid, such that the cleaning fluid can be supplied to the applicator assembly (FIG. 1).Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.Inventors: Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Michael Roger Cane, Christopher John Ord
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Patent number: 8596898Abstract: A paint roller assembly comprising a primary roller (69) and a secondary roller (67), the secondary roller being positioned relative to the primary roller such that paint supplied to the roller assembly passes over part of the secondary roller before being fed onto an exterior surface of the primary roller.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.Inventors: Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Michael Roger Cane, Christopher John Ord
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Publication number: 20120031906Abstract: A painting apparatus comprising a paint container and a closure module, the paint container having a screw threaded rim, the closure module having a main housing and an outer ring, the outer ring having a screw thread, in which the outer ring is rotatable relative to the main housing such that the screw thread cooperates with the threaded rim of the paint container to secure the closure module onto the paint container without having to rotate the main housing relative to the paint container.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Inventor: Christopher John Ord
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Publication number: 20100209175Abstract: A paint roller assembly comprising a primary roller (69) and a secondary roller (67), the secondary roller being positioned relative to the primary roller such that paint supplied to the roller assembly passes over part of the secondary roller before being fed onto an exterior surface of the primary roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: Velperweg 76Inventors: Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Michael Roger Cane, Christopher John Ord
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Publication number: 20100206758Abstract: A paint container including a main body and a neck portion having a rim with an internal web projecting radially inwardly from the rim, in which the internal web includes an aperture (216) dimensioned such that it can receive an associated dip-tube and remove excess paint from the dip-tube when it is removed from the paint container.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Michael Roger Cane, Christopher John Ord
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Publication number: 20100192852Abstract: A painting apparatus comprising a paint module able to receive a paint container containing paint, an applicator, a conduit fluidly connecting the paint to the applicator, and a pump assembly to supply a flow of paint to the applicator via the conduit, in which the painting apparatus includes a control unit to prevent the flow of paint to the applicator until the applicator is applying paint to the surface to be painted (FIG. 1).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Michael Roger Cane, Christopher John Ord
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Publication number: 20100196614Abstract: A painting apparatus comprising a paint module, an applicator assembly, and a dip-tube assembly containing a pump, the paint module having a container receiving section which is closeable by a releasably attachable lid, the applicator assembly being fluidly connectable to liquid in the container receiving section via the dip-tube assembly, in which the lid includes an aperture to allow the dip-tube assembly to pass therethrough and submerge the pump in the liquid (FIG. 1).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Michael Roger Cane, Christopher John Ord, Gary Thomas Wren, Nicholas Field, Ahmad Bittar
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Publication number: 20100180816Abstract: A painting apparatus comprising a paint module, an applicator assembly having an applicator surface, and a pump, the paint module having a container receiving section, the applicator assembly being fluidly connectable to the container receiving section such that the pump can supply liquid contained in the container receiving section to the applicator assembly, in which the apparatus can operate in a painting cycle where the container receiving section receives a paint container with a supply of paint such that the paint can be supplied to the applicator assembly, and in a cleaning cycle where the container receiving section receives a liquid in the form of a cleaning fluid, such that the cleaning fluid can be supplied to the applicator assembly (FIG. 1).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Inventors: Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Michael Roger Cane, Christopher John Ord
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Publication number: 20100170433Abstract: A painting apparatus (10) comprising a paint module (20), an applicator assembly (50), and a dip-tube assembly (20) containing a pump (86), the applicator assembly being fluidly connectable to liquid in the paint module via the dip-tube assembly, in which the pump is arranged within the dip-tube such that the pump is submerged in the liquid to substantially drive liquid away from the pump when supplying liquid to the applicator assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: July 8, 2010Inventors: Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Michael Roger Cane, Christopher John Ord
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Patent number: D629491Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: Michael Roger Cane, Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Nicholas Field, Ahmad Bittar, Christopher John Ord
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Patent number: D629492Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: Michael Roger Cane, Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Nicholas Field, Ahmad Bittar, Christopher John Ord
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Patent number: D632761Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: Michael Roger Cane, Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Nicholas Field, Ahmad Bittar, Christopher John Ord