Patents by Inventor Dirk P. Ten Broeck

Dirk P. Ten Broeck 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).

  • Publication number: 20210181164
    Abstract: The invention features compact systems and methods for vacuum liquid purification and extraction of a liquid sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Hamid Shirkhan, Dirk P. Ten Broeck, Joseph C. Caruso, Yijun Yang, Rashid M. Juma, Thomas G. Hall
  • Patent number: 10955392
    Abstract: The invention features compact systems and methods for vacuum liquid purification and extraction of a liquid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Hamid Shirkhan, Dirk P. Ten Broeck, Joseph C. Caruso, Yijun Yang, Rashid M. Juma, Thomas G. Hall
  • Publication number: 20190107516
    Abstract: The invention features compact systems and methods for vacuum liquid purification and extraction of a liquid sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hamid Shirkhan, Dirk P. Ten Broeck, Joseph C. Caruso, Yijun Yang, Rashid M. Juma, Thomas G. Hall
  • Patent number: 4849772
    Abstract: An ink jet printer having an ink jet printing device for printing characters in a printing region on a surface of a substrate, the device being constructed to effect optimum printing at a predetermined distance from the device, and a device for holding a substrate having a surface which is to be printed upon in printing position relative to the printing device, the holding device including a referencing plate having a reference surface which lies in a plane which extends past the printing device at the predetermined distance therefrom, and the holding device further including a leaf spring mounted to bear against the side of the substrate opposite the surface to be printed upon for pressing the surface to be printed upon against the reference surface of the referencing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Dataproducts Corporation
    Inventors: Dirk P. Ten Broeck, Robert C. Aviles
  • Patent number: 4829318
    Abstract: A head tending system for purging and cleaning an ink jet print head includes a self-aligning purge nozzle which can float into positive engagement with a vent hole of the print head and a wiping roller of a non-circular contour about which a tape of wiping cloth passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: Dataproducts, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale F. Racicot, Dirk P. Ten Broeck, Robert C. Aviles