Patents by Inventor Frank Ellis

Frank Ellis 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: 7708049
    Abstract: A door system includes a flexible corrugated closure member guided between door open and closed positions in spaced apart opposed vertical and horizontal sets of guide tracks and further guided by transition guide wheels mounted on an enclosure frame for guiding the closure member between the sets of guide tracks. The transition guide wheels are supported for movement between working and non-working positions to facilitate storage or shipping the door system or an enclosure unit including the door system, as a substantially planar stack of wall, ceiling and floor members forming the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Overhead Door Corporation
    Inventors: Chris M. Bohmann, Willie Frank Ellis, Mark DeWolfe
  • Publication number: 20090008043
    Abstract: A door system includes a flexible corrugated closure member guided between door open and closed positions in spaced apart opposed vertical and horizontal sets of guide tracks and further guided by transition guide wheels mounted on an enclosure frame for guiding the closure member between the sets of guide tracks. The transition guide wheels are supported for movement between working and non-working positions to facilitate storage or shipping the door system or an enclosure unit including the door system, as a substantially planar stack of wall, ceiling and floor members forming the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: OVERHEAD DOOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chris M. Bohmann, Willie Frank Ellis, Mark DeWolfe
  • Patent number: 6610665
    Abstract: There are disclosed according to the invention, compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined in the specification. Additionally, processes of preparing the compounds of formula (I), formulations containing same, and the administration of said compounds or formulations thereof in the treatment of inflammatory diseases are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Smithkline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: David Edmund Bays, Chuen Chan, Caroline Mary Cook, Brian Cox, Richard Peter Charles Cousins, Hazel Joan Dyke, Frank Ellis, Joanna Victoria Geden, Stephen Swanson
  • Patent number: 6534486
    Abstract: A series of 2-(Purin-9-yl)-tetrahydrofuran-3,4-diol derivatives with broad anti-inflammatory properties which inhibit leukocyte recruitment and activation and which are agonists of the adenosine 2a receptor are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corporation
    Inventors: David George Allen, Chuen Chan, Caroline Mary Cook, Richard Peter Charles Cousins, Brian Cox, Hazel Joan Dyke, Frank Ellis, Joanna Victoria Geden, Heather Hobbs, Suzanne Elaine Keeling, Alison Judith Redgrave, Stephen Swanson, Caroline Whitworth, David Bays
  • Patent number: 5998388
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel adenosine derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in medicine. Thus the invention provides compounds of formula (I) which are agonists at the adenosine A1 receptor. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents phenyl optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from halogen, C.sub.1-3 alkyl, trifluoromethyl, nitro, cyano, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.a.sub.1 --CONR.sup.a R.sup.b, --COR.sup.a, --SOR.sup.c, --SO.sub.2 R.sup.c, --SO.sub.3 H, --SO.sub.2 NR.sup.a R.sup.b, --OR.sup.a, --NHSO.sub.2 R.sup.c, --NHCOR.sup.a and --NR.sup.a R.sup.b,R.sup.2 represents a C.sub.1-6 alkyl or C.sub.3-6 alkenyl group; R.sup.3 represents C.sub.1-3 alkyl;R.sup.a and R.sup.b may each independently represent hydrogen or C.sub.1-3 alkyl or, when --NR.sup.a R.sup.b is directly attached to said phenyl, R.sup.a and R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Glaxo Wellcome Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Ellis, Stephen Swanson, Richard Peter Charles, Brian Cox, Andrew Michael Kenneth Pennell, Colin David Eldred
  • Patent number: 5981572
    Abstract: The invention thus provides compounds of Formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 which may be the same or different represent H, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or substituted alkyl or C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl; or aryl;R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 which may be the same or different represent H, halogen, C.sub.1-6 alkyl; or substituted aryl;R.sup.5 is H or C.sub.1-6 alkyl;n is an integer 0, 1 or 2and m is an integer 1, 2, 3, or 4;the dotted line indicates the presence or absence of an additional bond; and pharmaceutically acceptable solvates (e.g. hydrates) thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Glaxo Wellcome Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Ellis, Terence Aaron Panchal, Peter Charles North, Jason William Beames Cooke, Simon Charles Dolan
  • Patent number: 5925624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 2,6-diaminopurine-.beta.-D-ribofuranuronamide derivatives of the following formula (I). These compounds and their salts and solvates are useful as anti-inflammatory agents, particularly in the treatment of patients with inflammatory conditions who are susceptible to leukocyte-induced tissue damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Michael Gregson, Barry Edward Ayres, deceased, George Blanch Ewan, Frank Ellis, John Knight
  • Patent number: 5889178
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (IV): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.a and R.sup.b each represent a hydrogen atom or together form an alkylidene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Michael Gregson, Barry Edward Ayres, deceased, George Blanch Ewan, Frank Ellis, John Knight
  • Patent number: 5051010
    Abstract: A printer has one or more tractor sets for continuously feeding paper along first and second paper paths. One tractor set may be pivoted between positions for feeding paper from the front or bottom of the printer along the first paper path. Where one tractor set is used, it may be removed from the first feed path and disposed along the second paper path to feed paper along the second paper path for printing. Where two tractor sets are provided, the second set is disposed along the second paper path to feed the paper along the second path for printing. The tractor sets are detachable and usable in each of the three tractor set feed positions. Other features include eccentric bearings, resilient roller assemblies, an integrally molded mainframe and a cartridge assembly having a one-way ribbon advance clutch and a tensioning device before the mobius loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: Genicom Corporation
    Inventors: Fred O. Stephens, Frank A. Ellis
  • Patent number: 5037222
    Abstract: A printer has one or more tractor sets for continuously feeding paper along first and second paper paths. One tractor set may be pivoted between positions for feeding paper from the front or bottom of the printer along the first paper path. Where one tractor set is used, it may be removed from the first feed path and disposed along the second paper path to feed paper along the second paper path for printing. Where two tractor sets are provided, the second set is disposed along the second paper path to feed the paper along the second path for printing. The tractor sets are detachable and usable in each of the three tractor set feed positions. Other features include eccentric bearings, resilient roller assemblies, an integrally molded mainframe and a cartridge assembly having a one-way ribbon advance clutch and a tensioning device before the mobius loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Genicom Corporation
    Inventors: Harry C. Quick, Robert M. Schooley, Fred O. Stephens, Frank A. Ellis, James L. Harlow, Ken A. Boulanger, Paul W. Snyder, John P. McAlister, Thomas A. Rogel, Paul J. Morris
  • Patent number: 5023255
    Abstract: Triazine derivatives of formula (I) ##STR1## or salts thereof, whereinR.sup.1 represents a halogen atom or a group selected from hydroxy; C.sub.1-8 alkyl C.sub.1-6 alkoxy; C.sub.1-3 alkoxy C.sub.1-3 alkoxy; phenoxy or phenyl C.sub.1-3 alkoxy, wherein the phenyl group is optionally substituted by a halogen atom or a group selected from C.sub.1-3 alkyl, C.sub.1-3 alkoxy, or hydroxy; fluoro C.sub.1-3 alkyl; cyano; --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3, wherein R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-4 alkyl group; --CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5, wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1-4 alkyl group, or, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a saturated 5- to 7- membered ring, which ring optionally contains one or more atoms selected from an oxygen or a sulphur atom, or a group selected from --NH-- or --N(CH.sub.3)--; andR.sup.2 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, or a group selected from hydroxy, C.sub.1-6 alkyl or C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Frank Ellis, Alan Naylor, Christopher J. Wallis, Ian Waterhouse
  • Patent number: 4985427
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.1-6 alkoxy, phenylC.sub.1-3 alkoxy (in which the phenyl group is optionally substituted by a substituent selected from halogen, C.sub.1-3 alkyl, C.sub.1-3 alkoxy and hydroxy), nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano, --CO.sub.2 R.sup.3 (wherein R.sup.3 is selected from hydrogen and C.sub.1-4 alkyl) and --CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5 (wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each independently selected from hydrogen and C.sub.1-4 alkyl, or R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a saturated 5- to 7- membered ring, which ring optionally contains one or more groups or atoms selected from oxygen, sulphur, --NH-- and --N(CH.sub.3)--); and R.sup.2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, C.sub.1-6 alkyl and C.sub.1-6 alkoxy; and salts thereof are inhibitors of the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: Ian Waterhouse, Alan Naylor, Christopher J. Wallis, Frank Ellis
  • Patent number: 4416638
    Abstract: To avoid danger of fuel leakage into bilges of a vessel's hull, the fuel feed pipe from the fuel supply to the vessel's engine carburetor is enclosed within a cylindrical casing sealed at one end to a fitting on the carburetor. At its other end the casing is sealed to an aperture in the hull, the feed pipe extending externally of the hull between the aperture and a container enclosing the fuel supply. Alternatively the casing is sealed at its other end directly to the container. The carburetor may have an annular fuel feed chamber with adjustable fuel orifices connected to the feed pipe through a scroll valve linked to the carburetor throttle valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Inventor: Frank Ellis
  • Patent number: 4308384
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## (in which X represents HS-- or a group R.sub.1 R.sub.2 N-- wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 which may be the same or different represent hydrogen or a straight or branched chain alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a benzyl group and R.sub.3 represents a C.sub.3-7 alkyl group or a C.sub.3-7 cycloalkyl group) are prepared by reacting an .alpha.-ketoester of the formula (II) ##STR2## (in which Alk represents an alkyl group) or a precursor thereof with a compound of the formula (III) ##STR3## The precursor of the compound of formula (II) may be a mixture of isomeric enol esters ##STR4## The compounds of formula (I) may be converted into compounds of formula VIII ##STR5## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 which may be the same or different represent hydrogen or a straight or branched chain alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R.sub.3 is as defined above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventors: David Hartley, Alexander W. Oxford, Roger Dansey, Frank Ellis
  • Patent number: 4266406
    Abstract: The cooling system of the present invention directs a cooling mist onto the condenser coils of a conventional refrigerant charged central air conditioning unit. The mist comprises a mixture of tap water and condensate. The condensate is collected from the runoff of evaporation coils. A sensing unit is provided at the condenser coil return conduit for sensing a rise in refrigerant temperature and thereby causing the cooling mist to be directed onto the condenser coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Inventor: Frank Ellis
  • Patent number: 4119020
    Abstract: A device for providing a cavity in a bun for receiving a filling such as a sausage comprises a heating probe adapted to be inserted into a bun to compress the material of the bun to form the cavity and to toast the surface of the cavity so that the cavity remains after removal of the probe therefrom and locating means in the form of a cradle for locating a bun in alignment with the heating probe. Relative reciprocable movement between the probe and the locating means causes the probe to be inserted into and removed from a bun located in the locating means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Inventors: Douglas Cecil William Thomas Sharp, Frank Ellis
  • Patent number: D315169
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1991
    Assignee: Genicom Corporation
    Inventors: Fred O. Stephens, Frank A. Ellis