Patents by Inventor John A. MacNeill

John A. MacNeill 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: 7367076
    Abstract: A carpet cleaning machine for uniformly spreading a dry carpet cleaning powder onto a surface and working the dry carpet cleaning powder into the surface. The cleaning machine includes base having a hopper integrally formed therein, distribution slots on the bottom of the hopper, a rotary powder agitator inside the hopper, wheels for supporting the base over a floor surface and for rotating the powder agitator, a metering gate for controlling the dispensing of the dry carpet cleaning powder, a trigger located on the cleaner handle for controlling the metering gate, and a plurality of motor driven vertical axis rotary brushes for working the dry carpet cleaning powder into the carpet. The dry carpet cleaning powder is dispensed onto the carpet and allowed to sit for a short period of time to allow the dry carpet cleaning powder to absorb the dirt contained in the carpet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Inventors: Sergey V. Makarov, Kenneth H. Cooper, Mark A. Stransky, Donald A. Coates, Mark T. Smith, Adrian M. West, Patrick McDermott, John A. MacNeill, Jo Frances Wollschlaeger
  • Publication number: 20050148808
    Abstract: A device provides simple positioning of the patient's head and simple positioning of the TMS coil relative to a coordinate system of the patient's head once the head is positioned. The TMS coil is fixed at a treatment position in the coordinate system of the patient's head and the position in the coordinate system is recorded for use in subsequent clinical sessions. A positioner assembly supports the weight of the TMS coil and allows the operator to freely move the TMS coil to search for the patient's motor threshold position (MTP) and/or the treatment position (TXP). If the TXP is in registration with the MTP, once the MTP is determined, the positioner assembly requires only a single adjustment of the magnet position to locate the TXP where the coil is locked in place for the duration of the TMS therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Allan Cameron, John MacNeill, Gregg Flender, Mark Riehl
  • Publication number: 20040238004
    Abstract: A carpet cleaning machine for uniformly spreading a dry carpet cleaning powder onto a surface and working the dry carpet cleaning powder into the surface. The cleaning machine includes base having a hopper integrally formed therein, distribution slots on the bottom of the hopper, a rotary powder agitator inside the hopper, wheels for supporting the base over a floor surface and for rotating the powder agitator, a metering gate for controlling the dispensing of the dry carpet cleaning powder, a trigger located on the cleaner handle for controlling the metering gate, and a plurality of motor driven vertical axis rotary brushes for working the dry carpet cleaning powder into the carpet. The dry carpet cleaning powder is dispensed onto the carpet and allowed to sit for a short period of time to allow the dry carpet cleaning powder to absorb the dirt contained in the carpet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Sergey V. Makarov, Kenneth H. Cooper, Mark A. Stransky, Donald A. Coates, Mark T. Smith, Adrian M. West, Patrick McDermott, John A. MacNeill, Jo Frances Wollschlaeger
  • Patent number: 6169611
    Abstract: A flat-bed scanner for scanning an original document, comprising a scanner housing and a scan carriage movably disposed for motion relative to the scanner housing. A sensing system is mounted to the scan carriage for scanning the original document. A media holder supports the original document for scanning along a scan line such that the original document is positioned at an object focal plane of the sensing system. The media holder support system dynamically maintains a portion of the original document proximate to the scan line coincident with the object focal plane during scanning. The support system includes a first mounting device pivotally attaching a first end of the media holder to the housing for allowing a pivot motion of the media holder with respect to the scanner housing and a second and a third mounting device are affixed and movable with the scan carriage for movably supporting the media holder during the motion of the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Agfa Corporation
    Inventors: Mark G. Brook, III, John A. MacNeill, Aron M. Mirmelshteyn, Mark E. Tellam
  • Patent number: 5978458
    Abstract: A cash box proximity switch arrangement is provided for public telephones and is mounted in an upper portion of a lower housing of the telephone above the vault area. The switch is contained in a sealed housing which prevents contamination from dirt, moisture and the like. A magnet can be arranged so as to provide a bi-stable magnetic circuit between the floor of the lower phone housing and a cash box lid attached to a cash box which has been installed in the vault area of the telephone housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Technology Service Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen Vogl, Glenn Arche, Jack Seay, John MacNeill
  • Patent number: 5765407
    Abstract: A device and method for respectively providing and using a small, portable, discreet, yet complete on-the-spot stain remover unit. The unit can be activated on-the-spot to remove accidentally spilled food or beverage stains by removing the appropriate modules or body portions to achieve the desired cleaning steps. The stain removing or cleaning unit has a main applicator body, two sub-applicator bodies and two end covers. The modules, when connected together, make up the complete cleaning kit. The unit is designed to enable a user to perform four basic steps for cleaning a stain the instant it occurs, i.e., detergent soak, soiled detergent pickup, rinse and final drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Dasaver, Inc.
    Inventors: Tat Yin Choo, John A. MacNeill
  • Patent number: 5674786
    Abstract: Glass substrates suitable for thin film processing can be batch heated to processing temperatures and batch cooled after processing by radiant heating and cooling in a vacuum chamber. The heating and/or cooling chamber is fitted with a cassette including heat conductive shelves that can be heated or cooled, interleaved by the glass substrates mounted on supports so that a gap exists between the shelves and the substrates. As the shelves provide heating or cooling, the glass substrates are radiantly heated or cooled by the shelves, thereby providing uniform heating or cooling of the glass substrates so as to avoid damage or warpage of the substrates. A vacuum system for processing the substrates includes batch-type heating and cooling of the substrates using the chambers of the invention in combination with one-at-a-time film processing chambers that can deposit one or more thin films on the substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman L. Turner, John MacNeill White, David Berkstresser