Patents by Inventor Gary Gardner
Gary Gardner 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).
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Patent number: 11484886Abstract: A shredder includes a shredder box having first and second opposite end walls, and first and second opposite side walls that extend between the first and second end walls. The shredder further includes a shredder rotor positioned within an interior of the shredder box, an access door that is pivotally moveable, and a control system for monitoring various parameters to operate the shredder. A side access region is defined between the first and second end walls when the access door is in the open position. The side access region provides access to the shredder rotor and includes an open region defined between the first and second end walls at the second side of the shredder. The open region has an open top which is free of obstructions extending between the first and second end walls.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Michael Jay McCall, Edwin Galloway, Tyler Haden, Duane Allen Harthoorn, Young Min Yee, Ward Boyce Meldrum, John Gary Gardner
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Publication number: 20210069721Abstract: A shredder includes a shredder box having first and second opposite end walls, and first and second opposite side walls that extend between the first and second end walls. The shredder further includes a shredder rotor positioned within an interior of the shredder box, an access door that is pivotally moveable, and a control system for monitoring various parameters to operate the shredder. A side access region is defined between the first and second end walls when the access door is in the open position. The side access region provides access to the shredder rotor and includes an open region defined between the first and second end walls at the second side of the shredder. The open region has an open top which is free of obstructions extending between the first and second end walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Michael Jay McCall, Edwin Galloway, Tyler Haden, Duane Allen Harthoorn, Young Min Yee, Ward Boyce Meldrum, John Gary Gardner
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Publication number: 20190195002Abstract: A window assembly having a first sash and a second sash mounted to a window frame, the first and second sashes arranged along different vertical planes within the window frame to resemble the appearance of a double hung window. The window assembly further includes a hinge mechanism coupled to the window frame, the hinge mechanism operable to guide the first and second sashes away from the window frame to accommodate an outwardly swinging motion of the sashes in a similar fashion as a conventional awning window.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2019Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Gary Gardner, Kenneth Marcoulier, Kevin A. Campbell, Bradley James Wirth, Louis Levison, Bryan Newpher
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Publication number: 20170030138Abstract: A window assembly having a first sash and a second sash mounted to a window frame, the first and second sashes arranged along different vertical planes within the window frame to resemble the appearance of a double hung window. The window assembly further includes a hinge mechanism coupled to the window frame and to the second sash, hinge mechanism operable to guide the second sash away from the first sash to accommodate an outwardly swinging motion of the second sash in a similar fashion as a conventional awning window. The first sash may be fixed relative to the window frame, or may alternatively be moveable upwardly or downwardly relative to the window frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Gary Gardner, Kenneth Marcoulier, Kevin A. Campbell, Bradley James Wirth, Louis Levison, Bryan Newpher
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Patent number: 9254492Abstract: A grinder having an adjustable screen arrangement. The adjustable screen arrangement including two screens independently positionable in a number of positions relative to a grinding drum. Each screen further having a leading end independently positionable relative a trailing end of the screen. The adjustable screen arrangement allowing for selectively varied clearances between the screens and the grinding drum.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing CompanyInventors: John Gary Gardner, Darin Lyn Dux
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Publication number: 20130341449Abstract: A reducing machine is disclosed. The reducing machine includes a rotational reducing component, a power in-feed system for feeding material toward the rotational reducing component, and a mill box at least partially surrounding the rotational reducing component. The reducing machine also includes an anvil unit that can be inserted into the mill box and removed from the mill box. The anvil unit includes a ramp that bridges a gap between the power in-feed and the rotational reducing component. The anvil unit also includes an anvil main body having a first end positioned adjacent the power in-feed and a second end positioned adjacent the rotational reducing component. The anvil unit further includes first and second spaced-apart shear edges positioned adjacent to the second end of the anvil main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2011Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: Vermeer Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Darin Lyn Dux, Josh Aaron Youngblut, Christopher Ryan Sievers, Keith Leon Roozeboom, Duane Allen Harthoorn, John Gary Gardner, Aaron Dean Lovell
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Publication number: 20130240652Abstract: A grinder having an adjustable screen arrangement. The adjustable screen arrangement including two screens independently positionable in a number of positions relative to a grinding drum. Each screen further having a leading end independently positionable relative a trailing end of the screen. The adjustable screen arrangement allowing for selectively varied clearances between the screens and the grinding drum.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Vermeer Manufacturing CompanyInventors: John Gary Gardner, Darin Lyn Dux
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Publication number: 20120174948Abstract: A process is provided for removing polymeric fouling on process equipment surfaces to restore the efficiency of such equipment. This is accomplished by contacting the fouled equipment with a solvent comprising at least one non-aromatic hydrocarbon compound, or a mixture of one or more non-aromatic organic compounds and one or more aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, for a period of time sufficient to remove the polymeric fouling.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventors: Michael Dorton, Gary Gardner, SR.
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Patent number: 7769694Abstract: In a postage payment system, a secure integrated circuit (IC) card is used to manage postage funds, and created encrypted postage indicia. Among other things, the system is capable of performing charge-back accounting of postage expenses and generating mail contents. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, the postage indicia are applied onto selected locations of the mail contents while they are being generated. In the preferred embodiment, each mail content is placed in a window envelope such that the postage indicium on the mail content exposes through a window of the envelope to facilitate inspection of the indicium. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, by including transactional data in addition to the traditional postal data in a postage indicium, the indicium can be used to pay bills, purchase products and services, including any courier service different than the postal service.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Neopost TechnologiesInventors: Robert G. Schwartz, George M. Brookner, Fetneh Eskandari, Michael A. Brown, David H. Mechler, Gary A. Gardner, Gaye D. Gardner, legal representative, Douglas T. Heroy
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Patent number: 7687298Abstract: A microelectromechanical device and method of fabricating the same, including a layer of patterned and deposited metal or mechanical-quality, doped polysilicon inserted between the appropriate device element layers, which provides a conductive layer to prevent the microelectromechanical device's output from drifting. The conductive layer may encapsulate of the device's sensing or active elements, or may selectively cover only certain of the device's elements. Further, coupling the metal or mechanical-quality, doped polysilicon to the same voltage source as the device's substrate contact may place the conductive layer at the voltage of the substrate, which may function as a Faraday shield, attracting undesired, migrating ions from interfering with the output of the device.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Thomas Stratton, Gary Gardner, Curtis Rhan
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Publication number: 20080015875Abstract: The present invention provides a method, program product and system for distributing merchandise. The invention involves assigning a unique identifier to a product as well as each copy of the product. The invention also assigns unique identifiers to all distributors of the product. When a copy of the product is sold from the manufacturer to an end user through the distributors, the unique identifier of that copy is matched with the unique identifiers of all distributors who were involved in supplying the copy to the end user. Sale of that particular item is recorded at the retail point of sale using an identification method such as RFID, which is then recorded by an accounting server. The distributors in the supply chain that were involved in selling that particular copy of the product are then paid according to a pre-determined schedule.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2006Publication date: January 17, 2008Inventor: Gary Gardner
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Publication number: 20070282753Abstract: In a postage payment system, a secure integrated circuit (IC) card is used to manage postage funds, and created encrypted postage indicia. Among other things, the system is capable of performing charge-back accounting of postage expenses and generating mail contents. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, the postage indicia are applied onto selected locations of the mail contents while they are being generated. In the preferred embodiment, each mail content is placed in a window envelope such that the postage indicium on the mail content exposes through a window of the envelope to facilitate inspection of the indicium. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, by including transactional data in addition to the traditional postal data in a postage indicium, the indicium can be used to pay bills, purchase products and services, including any courier service different than the postal service.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2007Publication date: December 6, 2007Inventors: Robert Schwartz, George Brookner, Fetneh Eskandari, Michael Brown, David Mechler, Gary Gardner, Gaye Gardner, Douglas Heroy
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Publication number: 20070243654Abstract: A microelectromechanical device and method of fabricating the same, including a layer of patterned and deposited metal or mechanical-quality, doped polysilicon inserted between the appropriate device element layers, which provides a conductive layer to prevent the microelectromechanical device's output from drifting. The conductive layer may encapsulate of the device's sensing or active elements, or may selectively cover only certain of the device's elements. Further, coupling the metal or mechanical-quality, doped polysilicon to the same voltage source as the device's substrate contact may place the conductive layer at the voltage of the substrate, which may function as a Faraday shield, attracting undesired, migrating ions from interfering with the output of the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2005Publication date: October 18, 2007Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Thomas Stratton, Gary Gardner, Curtis Rahn
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Patent number: 7257558Abstract: In a postage payment system, a secure integrated circuit (IC) card is used to manage postage funds, and created encrypted postage indicia. Among other things, the system is capable of performing charge-back accounting of postage expenses and generating mail contents. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, the postage indicia are applied onto selected locations of the mail contents while they are being generated. In the preferred embodiment, each mail content is placed in a window envelope such that the postage indicium on the mail content exposes through a window of the envelope to facilitate inspection of the indicium. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, by including transactional data in addition to the traditional postal data in a postage indicium, the indicium can be used to pay bills, purchase products and services, including any courier service different than the postal service.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2001Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Neopost TechnologiesInventors: Robert G. Schwartz, George M. Brookner, Fetneh Eskandari, Michael A. Brown, David H. Mechler, Gaye D. Gardner, legal representative, Douglas T. Heroy, Gary A. Gardner, deceased
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Publication number: 20070155467Abstract: A method and apparatus for playing a lottery style game. A player is offered electronic gaming tokens that provide a predetermined probability of winning monetary prizes and non-monetary prizes. The player then engages in an arcade style game which is adapted to allow the player to simultaneously play the lottery style game by incorporating the non-monetary prizes into the play of the arcade style game. The probability of winning money in the lottery style game, and the outcome of the arcade style game are independent of each other. The lottery style game and arcade style game may be played on a networked console in a gaming hall, on a personal computer or on any suitable hand held computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2005Publication date: July 5, 2007Inventor: Gary Gardner
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Patent number: 7226494Abstract: In a postage payment system, a secure integrated circuit (IC) card is used to manage postage funds, and create encrypted postage indicia. Among other things, the system is capable of performing charge-back accounting of postage expenses and generating mail contents. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, the postage indicia are applied onto selected locations of the mail contents while they are being generated. In the preferred embodiment, each mail content is placed in a window envelope such that the postage indicium on the mail content exposes through a window of the envelope to facilitate inspection of the indicium. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, by including transactional data in addition to the traditional postal data in a postage indicium, the indicium can be used to pay bills, purchase products and services, including any courier service different than the postal service.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 1997Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Neopost TechnologiesInventors: Robert G. Schwartz, George M. Brookner, Fetneh Eskandari, Michael A. Brown, David H. Mechler, Gaye D. Gardner, legal representative, Douglas T. Heroy, Gary A. Gardner, deceased
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Publication number: 20070045710Abstract: An Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM) memory cell and a method of operation are disclosed for creating an EEPROM memory cell in a standard CMOS process. A single polysilicon layer is used in combination with lightly doped MOS capacitors. The lightly doped capacitors employed in the EEPROM memory cell can be asymmetrical in design. Asymmetrical capacitors reduce area. Further capacitance variation caused by inversion can also be reduced by using multiple control capacitors. In addition, the use of multiple tunneling capacitors provides the benefit of customized tunneling paths.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2005Publication date: March 1, 2007Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: James Riekels, Thomas Lucking, Bradley Larsen, Gary Gardner
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Publication number: 20060219733Abstract: The present invention is directed towards providing a dispenser mechanism enclosing pre-cut stabilizer sheets for use with sewing/embroidery machines. Any of a variety of types and weights of stabilizer material known and/or available, including but not limited to tear-away, wash-away, heat-away or cut-away, may be pre-cut and packaged in the dispenser for convenient access. The pre-cut packaged stabilizer sheets permit convenient packaging of a plurality of stabilizer sheets in uniform sizes pre-cut to fit a variety of embroidery hoop dimensions. The packaging permits access to individual sheets of the pre-cut stabilizer material in an easy manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventors: Gary Gardner, Deborah Hurd
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Publication number: 20050188630Abstract: Disclosed are simulated divided light products and processes and systems for making the such products. One product discloses simulated divided light bars that are designed such that the end of the bar may be fitted into a notched sash to provide for the automated method for manufacture of a simulated divided light window or door.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Inventors: Omer Schlyper, Gary Gardner, Jerry Jones
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Publication number: 20050193448Abstract: The present invention provides methods for growing plants to result in increased concentrations of one or more glucosinolates. The plant may be a member of the order Capparales, such as a Brassicaceae, a Capparaceae, or a cultivar thereof. The methods include exposing a plant to an altered radiation condition, a water deficit condition, an altered growth temperature, an altered level of sulfur and/or nitrogen, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2005Publication date: September 1, 2005Applicant: Regents of the University of MinnesotaInventors: Gary Gardner, Albert Markhart, Gerard Engelen-Eigles, Lynette Wong, Carl Rosen