Patents by Inventor Duane Kent

Duane Kent 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: 9487011
    Abstract: An ink cartridge has a cartridge body and an integrally molded lever. An angle, formed between the integrally molded lever and the cartridge body, is maintained at a minimum dimension by an angle size maintaining mechanism. The angle size maintaining mechanism enables remanufacturing of a used ink cartridge to reduce printer operating cost and reduce environmental waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Inkcycle, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirk Gold, Duane Kent, Carl Thomas Ashley
  • Publication number: 20150360473
    Abstract: An ink cartridge has a cartridge body and an integrally molded lever. An angle, formed between the integrally molded lever and the cartridge body, is maintained at a minimum dimension by an angle size maintaining mechanism. The angle size maintaining mechanism enables remanufacturing of a used ink cartridge to reduce printer operating cost and reduce environmental waste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: INKCYCLE, INC.
    Inventors: Kirk Gold, Duane Kent, Carl Thomas Ashley
  • Patent number: 6904704
    Abstract: A manually operated vehicle blow-drying device having a swingable overhead boom and an air supply hose extending down from a distal end of the boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Inventors: James T. Morris, Dennis D. Evans, Duane A. Kent
  • Publication number: 20040103557
    Abstract: A manually operated vehicle blow-drying device having a swingable overhead boom and an air supply hose extending down from a distal end of the boom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: James T. Morris, Dennis D. Evans, Duane A. Kent
  • Patent number: 6684529
    Abstract: A manually operated vehicle blow-drying device having a swingable overhead boom and an air supply hose extending down from a distal end of the boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Inventors: James T. Morris, Dennis D. Evans, Duane A. Kent
  • Patent number: 6652277
    Abstract: A hand operated dentist's instrument having two adjacent tines that spread apart when the instrument handles are squeezed. The tines are used to press against a matrix band surrounding a molar and press the matrix band and adjacent teeth away from a central molar being repaired. The handles are spring-load to return to an open-handle and closed-tine position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventor: Duane Kent Godfrey
  • Publication number: 20020129515
    Abstract: A manually operated vehicle blow-drying device having a swingable overhead boom and an air supply hose extending down from a distal end of the boom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: James T. Morris, Dennis D. Evans, Duane A. Kent
  • Patent number: 5992114
    Abstract: Apparatus for providing an insulated, poured concrete wall which will result, when the concrete is poured, in a wall having internal and external insulation, drywall or other surface preparation connecting areas which are continuous of and extending the entire or selected lengths of the wall and apparatus for the provision of windows into the wall. The apparatus includes a pair of U-shaped lower members attachable to foundation footings to establish the sides of the wall and receive insulating or other material panels, a plurality of H-shaped intermediate members to receive insulating or other material panels which form the pouring area, a pair of U-shaped top members capping the uppermost tier of insulating or other material panels which members may also be utilized to form window openings, a plurality of tie bars frictionally attachable to the H members which provide cross connectors betwen tiers of the panel sections and U-shaped, corner members for both the bottom and top of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Inventors: Ronald Dean Zelinsky, Duane Kent Godfredsen
  • Patent number: 5993210
    Abstract: A scissor-like device having narrow jaws and a ratchet tooth closing clamp between the two handle halves that operates like a hemostat, i.e. it maintains the jaws in a fixed position. The jaws are either curved or wedge-shaped to pry the teeth slightly apart during the filling procedure. In a first embodiment closing the handle separates two teeth from a center tooth. In a second embodiment closing the handles separates two adjacent teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Inventor: Duane Kent Godfrey
  • Patent number: 3985310
    Abstract: A method for winding wire strands onto toroidal cores in which a length of wire is fed along a radially inwardly facing channel in an arcular guide to form a loop. As the leading end of the wire completes this loop it hugs the channel's radial boundary to form a second loop radially inside the first as the wire feeding continues. A gap is provided in the radial boundary of the channel for receiving the core with the core's central aperture in this gap so as each loop is formed the wire in that loop passes through the core. The upper and lower boundaries of the channel are spaced apart so as to maintain the loops in a single concentric layer around the guide and through the core. When enough wire has been fed the feeding is stopped, but the movement of the loops around the guide continues and winds (tightens) at least one new turn of wire onto the core for every complete circulation of the loops around the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1976
    Assignee: Pulse Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan Kent, Duane Kent