Patents by Inventor Edmund James, III

Edmund James, III 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).

  • Fluid container having mixing chambers for micro-fluid applications
    Patent number: 8491107
    Abstract: A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of pigmented ink. Its housing defines an interior and exterior. The interior retains the ink and an exit port supplies it to an imaging device. Users orient the housing to deplete the ink in a direction of gravity toward a bottom surface of the interior en route to the exit port. The ink passes through a mixing chamber having inlet ports arranged to restrict to multiple different heights the entrance of the volume of ink from the interior. As ink draws from various heights into the chamber, sediments in the pigment mix together. The design overcomes settling. It also avoids mechanical stirring and other complex mixing techniques. Further embodiments include chamber shapes, configuration of inlet ports, and construction of the supply item, to name a few.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Neal D. McFarland, Gina M. Johns, Shirish Mulay, Robert Cornell, Nicholas Post, Kent Ubellacker, Edmund James, III
  • FLUID CONTAINER HAVING MIXING CHAMBERS FOR MICRO-FLUID APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20120105555
    Abstract: A consumable supply item for an imaging device holds an initial or refillable volume of pigmented ink. Its housing defines an interior and exterior. The interior retains the ink and an exit port supplies it to an imaging device. Users orient the housing to deplete the ink in a direction of gravity toward a bottom surface of the interior en route to the exit port. The ink passes through a mixing chamber having inlet ports arranged to restrict to multiple different heights the entrance of the volume of ink from the interior. As ink draws from various heights into the chamber, sediments in the pigment mix together. The design overcomes settling. It also avoids mechanical stirring and other complex mixing techniques. Further embodiments include chamber shapes, configuration of inlet ports, and construction of the supply item, to name a few.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: NEAL D. MCFARLAND, Gina M. Johns, Shirish Mulay, Robert Cornell, Nicholas Post, Kent Ubellacker, Edmund James, III
  • Ink tank for micro-fluid applications
    Patent number: D665841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal Williamson, Neal McFarland, John Gassett, Edmund James, III, Gina Johns, Steven Komplin, Johnnie Coffey
  • Color ink tank with micro fluid applications
    Patent number: D667491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Randal S. Williamson, Neal McFarland, John Gassett, Edmund James, III, Gina Johns, Steven Komplin, Johnnie Coffey