Patents by Inventor James R. Swanson

James R. Swanson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240108968
    Abstract: Card-handling devices may include a card-shuffling apparatus, a card output portion, and/or a card input portion. The card input portion may include a card rotation device. The card rotation device may be configured to receive and rotate cards about a minor axis of the cards. The card-handling device may include a card-shuffling apparatus including a carousel having at least one hundred compartments each configured to hold between one and ten cards and arranged radially about the carousel. The card-handling device may be positioned at a gaming structure with a playing surface. The card-handling device may include a card output portion for receiving shuffled cards from the card-shuffling apparatus. The card output portion may be configured to receive the cards where major faces of the playing cards are oriented in a plane substantially transverse to the playing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Paul K. Scheper, Ronald R. Swanson, James B. Stasson, James P. Helgesen, Haven A. Mercer, Troy D. Nelson, Jamal Hani Kotifani, Feraidoon Bourbour, Peter Krenn
  • Patent number: 4090248
    Abstract: A system for use in supervising and controlling temperature and other environmental conditioning equipment of a building or the like is disclosed. The system monitors and controls various types of sensors and control equipment located at remote field points. The system includes a control console and a number of field located multiplexing modules which are connected to various remote field points. Each of the multiplexing modules is connected to associated field points that are connected to each other and to the multiplexing module in a single leg circuit. The multiplexing modules and control console are also connected together. The multiplexing modules simultaneously and independently poll their associated field points and only communicate with the control console for an alarm special or changed condition. The field points include common field point modules which interface with any of various field point units which comprise sensors or control field point apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: Powers Regulator Company
    Inventors: James R. Swanson, Sam DiCesare, Richard C. Barthel