Patents by Inventor Edward A. Manchester

Edward A. Manchester 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).

  • DRYERS THAT USE ROLLERS TO DEFINE FIRE ENCLOSURE OPENINGS
    Publication number: 20140092184
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for drying print media. The system comprises a dryer comprising an enclosure and a roller. The roller is proximate to an opening into the enclosure. A perimeter of the roller covers a portion of the opening, and an uncovered portion of the opening comprises a gap for a web of print media. The gap has a size defined on one side by the perimeter of the roller and on another side by a surface of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Casey E. Walker, Scott Johnson, Stuart J. Boland, William Edward Manchester, David M. Price
  • DRYERS THAT ADJUST POWER BASED ON NON-LINEAR PROFILES
    Publication number: 20140090267
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for controlling a dryer of a printing system. The system comprises a controller and a sensor. The controller is operable to determine a speed of a web of print media traveling through a dryer, and to apply power to a heating element of the dryer based on a power profile that models a non-linear relationship between power applied to the heating element and speed of the web. The controller is further able to determine a type of media for the web, and to select the power profile based on the type of media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Casey E. Walker, Scott R. Johnson, Stuart J. Boland, William Edward Manchester, David M. Price
  • Dryers that use rollers to define fire enclosure openings
    Patent number: 8672469
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for drying print media. The system comprises a dryer comprising an enclosure and a roller. The roller is proximate to an opening into the enclosure. A perimeter of the roller covers a portion of the opening, and an uncovered portion of the opening comprises a gap for a web of print media. The gap has a size defined on one side by the perimeter of the roller and on another side by a surface of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Casey E. Walker, Scott Johnson, Stuart J. Boland, William Edward Manchester, David M Price
  • Interconnected stacked coils for continuous feed
    Patent number: 4022396
    Abstract: A plurality of coils of flat strip material are connected with one another for continuous, uninterrupted uncoiling or feed of the material from the plurality of coils during a manufacturing process or the like. The coils are free of abrupt distortions and folds and the like at the interconnection portion of the material between adjacent coils, and the individual coils of the plurality of coils need not have binding straps and the like thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1977
    Assignee: Teledyne, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward A. Manchester, Bernard F. Talty, Earle A. Hallstrom