Patents by Inventor John A. Means

John A. Means 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: 20210178690
    Abstract: According to examples, a printing system may include a guide rail and a carriage. The carriage may include a rotatable member supported on the guide rail. The printing system may also include a cleaning assembly mounted to the carriage and the cleaning assembly may have a scraper to scrape debris off at least a portion of the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Matt G. DRIGGERS, John MEANS
  • Publication number: 20080082139
    Abstract: A method of improvement of inhalation therapy including presenting audiovisual stimuli to a patient, where content of the audiovisual stimuli promotes a physiological response, such as an involuntary breathing response, such as a yawn. Also, an apparatus for improvement of inhalation therapy including an audiovisual stimuli presentation system, where the audiovisual stimuli presentation system presents audiovisual information to a patient, and where content of the audiovisual stimuli presentation system promotes a physiological response, such as an involuntary breathing response, such as a yawn. The method and apparatus may be particularly suited for a patient that is unable or unwilling to communicate with a respiratory therapist, such as pediatric patients or patients with a neurological disorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventor: Mike John Means
  • Patent number: 4674196
    Abstract: A condensate agitator is provided for use in paper machine dryer cylinders. The agitator comprises a generally cylindrical open-work body which overlies portions of the interior surface of the dryer cylinder with its outer surface lying in flush engagement therewith. A modular agitator construction is also disclosed for facilitating installation of the agitator in a dryer cylinder without requiring the use of fasteners in accordance with a method for that installation which is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: KMW Corporation
    Inventor: John A. Means
  • Patent number: 3944464
    Abstract: The web-forming section of a twin-wire papermaking machine includes a plurality of sets of web deflectors. Alternate sets are disposed on opposite sides of a pair of forming carriers between which a water suspension of fibers is disposed. Each set of deflectors has a plurality of deflectors providing forming carrier guiding surfaces spaced along a gentle convex curve. The sets of deflectors are disposed to guide the forming carriers over a tortuous path through the forming section. The tension in the forming carriers presses the outer carrier against the inner carrier at each curve, expressing water from the suspension through the carriers. The expressed water is doctored off by the deflectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1976
    Assignee: International Paper Company
    Inventor: John A. Means