Patents by Inventor Joshua Lee Larsen

Joshua Lee Larsen 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: 12220729
    Abstract: This document describes cleaning tools, methods of manufacturing cleaning tools, and methods of using cleaning tools, for cleaning a media transport device. The cleaning tool may include a cleaning card comprising a first core layer, as well as a first cleaning layer attached to the first core layer. The first core layer and the first cleaning layer form (a) a cleaning element having a first thickness and in which the core layer is in a relaxed state, and (b) an intermediate area that has a second thickness that is less than the first thickness and in which the core layer is in a compressed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: KICTeam, Inc.
    Inventors: John Condon, Joshua Lee Larsen
  • Patent number: 11861432
    Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning a media transport device includes a cleaning substrate sized and configured to be inserted within at least a portion of a media travel pathway of a media transport device. The cleaning substrate comprises a cleaning face, along with a handle extending from the cleaning face. The handle is positioned to remain outside of the media transport device while the cleaning face is within the media transport device. The cleaning face comprises a plurality of cleaning elements, each of which is positioned to align with a belt, a drive roller, an idle roller, a drive roller/idle roller pair, or a sensor of the media transport device when the cleaning substrate within the media travel pathway. Methods of using a handled cleaning substrate are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KICTeam, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen Bailey, Geoffrey Scott Caron, Ian Mccormick, Byron Mehl Kern, II, Kenneth Monroe Pedersen, III, John Condon, Joshua Lee Larsen
  • Patent number: 11816513
    Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning a media transport device includes a core layer, a cleaning surface, and an embossment having at least one surface slit across an extended surface of the embossment. The cleaning device may be manufactured by contacting laminating a cleaning surface to at least one side of a core layer and applying heat and/or pressure to form one or more compressible and resilient embossments. The cleaning device may be used to clean a media transport device by inserting a cleaning tool having a core layer, cleaning surface, and an embossment into a media transport device such that an electrical contact comes in contact with the embossment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KICTeam, Inc.
    Inventors: John Condon, Joshua Lee Larsen
  • Patent number: 11805955
    Abstract: A cleaning tool arrangement for cleaning internal components of electromechanical devices, including a cleaning tool having a flexible, resilient rod having a first end, a second end, and a lateral dimension, as well as a scraper fin, wherein the scraper fin extends away from the rod in a direction that is perpendicular to the lateral dimension of the rod. The cleaning tool also includes a cleaning head attached to the first end of the rod and extending away from the rod, the cleaning head being pre-saturated with a cleaning solution. Additionally, the cleaning tool arrangement includes a sealed wrapper that is sized and configured to enclose at least the cleaning head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KICTeam, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen Bailey, John Condon, Geoffrey Scott Caron, Joshua Lee Larsen
  • Publication number: 20230311168
    Abstract: A cleaning card for cleaning a media transport device includes a card comprising a substantially planar surface that extends along a machine direction and a transverse direction. A first raised surface element comprises a surface that extends from a first side of the card. The first raised surface element comprises a first scraping element that is positioned on the surface of the first raised surface element between a forward edge and a peak of the first raised surface element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua Lee Larsen, John Condon
  • Publication number: 20230256475
    Abstract: This document describes cleaning tools, methods of manufacturing cleaning tools, and methods of using cleaning tools, for cleaning a media transport device. The cleaning tool may include a cleaning card comprising a first core layer, as well as a first cleaning layer attached to the first core layer. The first core layer and the first cleaning layer form (a) a cleaning element having a first thickness and in which the core layer is in a relaxed state, and (b) an intermediate area that has a second thickness that is less than the first thickness and in which the core layer is in a compressed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: John Condon, Joshua Lee Larsen
  • Patent number: 11710011
    Abstract: A cleaning card for cleaning a media transport device includes a substantially planar surface. At least one of the raised surface elements includes at least one scraping element. Optionally, at least one of the raised surface elements also include surface slits that cause asymmetrical deformation of the raised surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: KICTeam, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Lee Larsen, John Condon
  • Publication number: 20230182177
    Abstract: A cleaning card for cleaning a media transport device includes a substantially planar surface, having a cleaning surface made of unbroken loop material, a core layer made of a plastic, and a raised surface element, in which the unbroken loop material is at least partially embedded into the plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Joshua Lee Larsen, John Condon
  • Publication number: 20220366198
    Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning a media transport device includes a cleaning substrate sized and configured to be inserted within at least a portion of a media travel pathway of a media transport device. The cleaning substrate comprises a cleaning face, along with a handle extending from the cleaning face. The handle is positioned to remain outside of the media transport device while the cleaning face is within the media transport device. The cleaning face comprises a plurality of cleaning elements, each of which is positioned to align with a belt, a drive roller, an idle roller, a drive roller/idle roller pair, or a sensor of the media transport device when the cleaning substrate within the media travel pathway. Methods of using a handled cleaning substrate are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Glen Bailey, Geoffrey Scott Caron, Ian Mccormick, Byron Mehl Kern, II, Kenneth Monroe Pedersen, III, John Condon, Joshua Lee Larsen
  • Publication number: 20220258214
    Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning a media transport device includes a core layer, a cleaning surface, and an embossment having at least one surface slit across an extended surface of the embossment. The cleaning device may be manufactured by contacting laminating a cleaning surface to at least one side of a core layer and applying heat and/or pressure to form one or more compressible and resilient embossments. The cleaning device may be used to clean a media transport device by inserting a cleaning tool having a core layer, cleaning surface, and an embossment into a media transport device such that an electrical contact comes in contact with the embossment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: John Condon, Joshua Lee Larsen
  • Publication number: 20220261604
    Abstract: A cleaning card for cleaning a media transport device includes a substantially planar surface. At least one of the raised surface elements includes at least one scraping element. Optionally, at least one of the raised surface elements also include surface slits that cause asymmetrical deformation of the raised surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Joshua Lee Larsen, John Condon
  • Patent number: 11410003
    Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning a media transport device includes a cleaning substrate sized and configured to be inserted within at least a portion of a media travel pathway of a media transport device. The cleaning substrate comprises a cleaning face, along with a handle extending from the cleaning face. The handle is positioned to remain outside of the media transport device while the cleaning face is within the media transport device. The cleaning face comprises a plurality of cleaning elements, each of which is positioned to align with a belt, a drive roller, an idle roller, a drive roller/idle roller pair, or a sensor of the media transport device when the cleaning substrate within the media travel pathway. Methods of using a handled cleaning substrate are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: KICTeam, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen Bailey, Geoffrey Scott Caron, Ian Mccormick, John Condon, Byron Mehl Kern, II, Kenneth Monroe Pedersen, III, Joshua Lee Larsen
  • Publication number: 20210064945
    Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning a media transport device includes a cleaning substrate sized and configured to be inserted within at least a portion of a media travel pathway of a media transport device. The cleaning substrate comprises a cleaning face, along with a handle extending from the cleaning face. The handle is positioned to remain outside of the media transport device while the cleaning face is within the media transport device. The cleaning face comprises a plurality of cleaning elements, each of which is positioned to align with a belt, a drive roller, an idle roller, a drive roller/idle roller pair, or a sensor of the media transport device when the cleaning substrate within the media travel pathway. Methods of using a handled cleaning substrate are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: KICTeam, Inc.
    Inventors: Glen Bailey, Geoffrey Scott Caron, Ian Mccormick, John Condon, Byron Mehl Kern, II, Kenneth Monroe Pedersen, III, Joshua Lee Larsen
  • Publication number: 20210038049
    Abstract: A cleaning tool arrangement for cleaning internal components of electromechanical devices, including a cleaning tool having a flexible, resilient rod having a first end, a second end, and a lateral dimension, as well as a scraper fin, wherein the scraper fin extends away from the rod in a direction that is perpendicular to the lateral dimension of the rod. The cleaning tool also includes a cleaning head attached to the first end of the rod and extending away from the rod, the cleaning head being pre-saturated with a cleaning solution. Additionally, the cleaning tool arrangement includes a sealed wrapper that is sized and configured to enclose at least the cleaning head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Glen Bailey, John Condon, Geoffrey Scott Caron, Joshua Lee Larsen