Patents by Inventor Eugene Ballard

Eugene Ballard 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: 7303641
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing cellular laminate structural panels includes one or more supply stations of a flexible strip material including folding rollers for sequentially folding the strip material into cellular structures and feeding the cellular structures into a conveyor where the cellular structures are held in compression. The apparatus further includes a laminating station where the folded cellular structures are laminated to an upper and/or lower sheet material to which lines of a bonding medium have been applied prior to engagement with the cellular structures. The folded cellular structures are heated before engaging the sheet material so as to enhance the bonding of the sheet material to the cellular structures and subsequent to bonding, the laminate is passed through a cooling station to set the bonding medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventors: Paul G. Swiszcz, Ko Kuperus, Tim Jeske, Eugene Ballard, Stephen Cook
  • Publication number: 20070144092
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing cellular laminate structural panels includes one or more supply stations of a flexible strip material including folding rollers for sequentially folding the strip material into cellular structures and feeding the cellular structures into a conveyor where the cellular structures are held in compression. The apparatus further includes a laminating station where the folded cellular structures are laminated to an upper and/or lower sheet material to which lines of a bonding medium have been applied prior to engagement with the cellular structures. The folded cellular structures are heated before engaging the sheet material so as to enhance the bonding of the sheet material to the cellular structures and subsequent to bonding, the laminate is passed through a cooling station to set the bonding medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Swiszcz, Ko Kuperus, Tim Jeske, Eugene Ballard, Stephen Cook
  • Publication number: 20040103980
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing cellular laminate structural panels includes one or more supply stations of a flexible strip material including folding rollers for sequentially folding the strip material into cellular structures and feeding the cellular structures into a conveyor where the cellular structures are held in compression. The apparatus further includes a laminating station where the folded cellular structures are laminated to an upper and/or lower sheet material to which lines of a bonding medium have been applied prior to engagement with the cellular structures. The folded cellular structures are heated before engaging the sheet material so as to enhance the bonding of the sheet material to the cellular structures and subsequent to bonding, the laminate is passed through a cooling station to set the bonding medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventors: Paul G. Swiszcz, Ko Kuperus, Tim Jeske, Eugene Ballard, Stephen Cook
  • Publication number: 20040039776
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for updating data at a node in a network system comprising providing a refresh status indicator at the node, wherein the refresh status indicator indicates a changed status with respect to data stored at the node and corresponding data stored at a server of the network system, periodically querying the server with respect to the refresh status indicator, updating the refresh status indicator to reflect a changed status with respect to the data stored at the node and the corresponding data stored at the server, periodically polling the status indicator to determine a status indicated thereby, and if said status indicated by the status indicator during the polling reflects a changed status with respect to the data stored at the node and the corresponding data stored at the server, querying the server with respect to the corresponding data stored at the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventor: Eugene Ballard