Patents by Inventor Jerry A. Douglas
Jerry A. Douglas 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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Publication number: 20150007978Abstract: An apparatus for containing leaks from a stuffing box on a wellhead production assembly is provided. The apparatus comprises a containment vessel consisting of two half shells that are joined below the stuffing box. Additionally, the apparatus comprises a transparent lid having an upper opening to receive a polished rod extending from the stuffing box. The lid is secured to the containment vessel in a liquid tight manner such that the stuffing box is substantially isolated from the environment. As such, any leaks originating from the stuffing box will be contained in the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Jack G. Brewer, Steven L. Shroyer, Darrel B. Fruit, Darrel G. Fruit, Christopher Joe White, William Joseph Bickel, JR., Jerry Douglas Leopold
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Publication number: 20150002368Abstract: An modular reflector assembly may include a shell and a support frame. The modular reflector assembly may also include a plurality of support links that mechanically couple the shell to the support frame. The shell may be thermally decoupled from the support frame by the plurality of support links.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Jerry Douglas Macfarlane, Joel Mendoza, Ray Amoranto, Brian E. Park, Nicholas James Smith, Mark E. Ankrom, Jeffrey Wallace, David B. Robinson
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Publication number: 20140370181Abstract: The present invention provides a coffee composition for use with a single serve beverage unit. The beverage unit consists of a container having a first structure to enable the introduction of a liquid such as hot water into the container to contact the coffee composition and a second structure to enable the release of a coffee extract out of the container. The coffee composition comprises various coffee ingredients demonstrating an improved property, or an improved balance between two or more of properties, selected from aroma, strength, flavor, cup color, acidity, density, extractability, bed permeability, brewing time, yield, structural integrity, quality consistence and uniformity, and cost-effectiveness. Methods of using such coffees are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: The Folger Coffee CompanyInventors: Jerry Douglas Young, Robert David Piotrowski, Donald Lee Hughes
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Publication number: 20140234518Abstract: A ground roast coffee tablet which is capable of being brewed in a conventional automatic drip coffee maker, and which exhibits sufficient strength to withstand all aspects of manufacture, handling, packaging, transport without breakage but also readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing, is made by subjecting conventional ground, roasted coffee to a multi-step compaction process in which at least two compression steps are carried out in the same compaction die.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: The Folger Coffee CompanyInventor: Jerry Douglas Young
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Publication number: 20140234519Abstract: A ground roast coffee tablet which is capable of being brewed in a conventional automatic drip coffee maker, and which exhibits sufficient strength to withstand all aspects of manufacture, handling, packaging, transport without breakage but also readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing, is made by subjecting conventional ground, roasted coffee to a multi-step compaction process in which at least two compression steps are carried out in the same compaction die.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: The Folger Coffee CompanyInventor: Jerry Douglas Young
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Publication number: 20120297741Abstract: A work cell assembly such as welding cell assembly and a method for assembling the same is provided. The work cell has a perimeter wall including an upper wall edge defining an open top. A fluid filtration unit draws in fluid from the work cell and removes contaminants. A fluid moving device including an air blade assembly adjacent the upper wall edge and an inlet adjacent the upper wall edge and spaced downstream from the air blade assembly establish therebetween a sheet-like fluid barrier extending across the open top. The fluid barrier is defined by a continuous flow of fluid traveling across the open top for entraining the contaminant and creating a ceiling effect across the open top to prevent escape of the contaminant from the work cell through the open top. The fluid barrier has a narrow vertical extent to prevent disturbance of the fluid in the work cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: John Reid, Jerry Douglas
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Publication number: 20120231137Abstract: A ground roast coffee tablet which is capable of being brewed in a conventional automatic drip coffee maker, and which exhibits sufficient strength to withstand all aspects of manufacture, handling, packaging, transport without breakage but also readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing, is made by subjecting conventional ground, roasted coffee to a multi-step compaction process in which at least two compression steps are carried out in the same compaction die.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: The Folger Coffee CompanyInventor: Jerry Douglas Young
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Publication number: 20120231136Abstract: A ground roast coffee tablet which is capable of being brewed in a conventional automatic drip coffee maker, and which exhibits sufficient strength to withstand all aspects of manufacture, handling, packaging, transport without breakage but also readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing, is made by subjecting conventional ground, roasted coffee to a multi-step compaction process in which at least two compression steps are carried out in the same compaction die.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANYInventor: Jerry Douglas Young
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Publication number: 20120051048Abstract: A retrofit kit allows retrofitting a non-LED canopy or other light fixture for use with LED lamps. The retrofit procedure removes the original electrical components and replaces them with components for use with LED lamps. The same components may be used to manufacture a new LED light fixture that can be used in the same applications as non-LED light fixtures.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: U.S. LED, Ltd.Inventors: Christiaan Coenraad Joubert Smit, Jerry Douglas Leopold
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Publication number: 20120015094Abstract: A ground roast coffee tablet which is capable of being brewed in a conventional automatic drip coffee maker, and which exhibits sufficient strength to withstand all aspects of manufacture, handling, packaging, transport without breakage but also readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing, is made by subjecting conventional ground, roasted coffee to a multi-step compaction process in which at least two compression steps are carried out in the same compaction die.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: THE FOLGERS COFFEE COMPANYInventor: Jerry Douglas Young
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Publication number: 20110212240Abstract: Processes for isolating bitter compounds for use in food and beverage products entailing contacting a bitter compound composition with an adsorbent to adsorb bitter compounds from the bitter compound composition, desorbing the bitter compounds from the adsorbent to obtain a bitter compound isolate, and adding the bitter compound isolate to a food or beverage product to enhance the flavor thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: THE FOLGERS COFFEE COMPANYInventors: Gerhard Norbert Zehentbauer, Paul Ralph Bunke, Athula Ekanayake, Jerry Douglas Young, Oliver Frank, Thomas Frank Hofmann, Simone Blumberg
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Patent number: 7833561Abstract: Improved liquid coffee concentrates that have furfuryl acetate to 4-ethyl guaiacol ratio values that approach the furfuryl acetate to 4-ethyl guaiacol ratio values of fresh brewed coffees brewed with the same coffees used to produce said coffee concentrates are shown. Methods of evaluating and adjusting a liquid coffee concentrate's furfuryl acetate to 4-ethyl guaiacol ratio value are also shown.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2005Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: The Folgers Coffee CompanyInventors: Glenn James Dria, Jerry Douglas Young, Raul Victorino Nunes, Jianjun Justin Li, Donald Ray Patton
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Publication number: 20100260915Abstract: A ground roast coffee tablet which is capable of being brewed in a conventional automatic drip coffee maker, and which exhibits sufficient strength to withstand all aspects of manufacture, handling, packaging, transport without breakage but also readily disintegrates when contacted with hot water during brewing, is made by subjecting conventional ground, roasted coffee to a multi-step compaction process in which at least two compression steps are carried out in the same compaction die.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: THE FOLGERS COFFEE COMPANYInventor: Jerry Douglas Young
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Patent number: 7713568Abstract: A method for altering a coffee source component profile of a coffee source to mimic a target coffee component profile of a target coffee, wherein the coffee source and the target coffee each comprise multiple taste contributing acids.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: The J.M. Smucker CompanyInventors: Douglas Craig Hardesty, Jerry Douglas Young
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Patent number: 7713567Abstract: A method for altering a coffee source component profile of an aged coffee source to mimic a target coffee component profile of a non-aged coffee source, wherein the aged coffee source and the non-aged coffee each comprise multiple taste contributing acids.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: The Folgers Coffee CompanyInventors: Jerry Douglas Young, Douglas Craig Hardesty
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Patent number: 7562648Abstract: A jointless connection head for a fuel line for use in a high pressure fuel connection assembly for a high pressure fuel system and a method for forming the connection head without brazing. The connection head has an essentially spherical outer surface with a liner located in an inner cavity in the connection head. The connection head is formed by expanding the center bore of the tubular body of the fuel line at one end. The center bore is expanded by moving the sidewall of the tubular body outward. The liner is then inserted into the expanded center bore and the sidewall of the tubular body is formed over the front side of the liner.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2007Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Autoform Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: James Cletus Wagner, Jerry Douglas Hooser
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Publication number: 20050170013Abstract: The present invention discloses a composition of matter having anti-inflammatory characteristics to be used in the treatment of dermatological inflammatory responses. The composition includes four salts and an oxidant. Also disclosed herein are methods of preparing the composition and methods of using the compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2004Publication date: August 4, 2005Inventor: Jerry Douglas
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Publication number: 20040103836Abstract: The present invention over-comes the prior art deficiencies by, in part, defining a hull bottom that decreases the total resistance and thereby reduces the propulsion power needed to propel a boat of a certain weight to a given speed. The invention separates the functions of the planing process resulting in a hull with staged longitudinal steps wherein each step consists of a fully defined hull underbody with a chine and bow and stern. Each intermediate chine describes a supplemental planing surface which is designed to lift the hull dynamically and to position the hull on the next narrower step that supports the weight of the boat and creates the forces needed to further lift the hull to the next narrower chine in two or more stages depending upon the size and weight of the boat to lift the hull to the central planing surface to achieve the desired top speed. The hull for each step is described by its chine, hull bottom, deadrise angle, bow and stern dimensions optimized to the “ideal beam”(Ref.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2002Publication date: June 3, 2004Inventor: Jerry Douglas Burkett
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Patent number: 6716913Abstract: The present invention is directed to carboxyl-containing monomers for use in preparing a polyurethane polymers, the carboxyl-containing monomers being the reaction product of a low molecular weight polyol compound and an acid anhydride in the presence of 5-500 ppm phosphoric acid, the carboxyl-containing monomer having a viscosity in the range of 3,000 to 100,000 centipoise, and having oligomer content of less than about 30 mg KOH/g. The present invention is also directed to methods of making the above carboxyl-containing monomers, as well as prepolymers and urethane polymers containing the above carboxyl-containing monomers.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2000Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Arch Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Indulis Gruzins, Donald Farrell McElheney, Robert C. Hire, Jerry Douglas Necessary
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Publication number: 20030180431Abstract: The present invention relates to novel coffee compositions with stable flavor characteristics. In particular, the present invention relates to novel processes for preparing stable, flavored coffee compositions and the products comprising them.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Applicant: The Procter Gamble Co.Inventors: Jerry Douglas Young, Douglas Craig Hardesty