Patents by Inventor Keith R. Falk

Keith R. Falk 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: 10576733
    Abstract: A tuneable flat panel UV exposure system for screen printing is provided. The panel includes a plurality of UV LED chips where each chip is connected to multiple, independently controllable power sources and pulse width modulation circuits. The power sources allow an operator to control a plurality of different wavelength outputs independently for each UV LED in the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: M&R Printing Equipment, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith R. Falk
  • Publication number: 20180229492
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a tuneable flat panel UV exposure system for screen printing. The panel includes a plurality of UV LED chips where each chip is connected to multiple, independently controllable power sources and pulse width modulation circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventor: Keith R. Falk
  • Publication number: 20180072046
    Abstract: An indicator system is provided for ensuring proper registration of a frame. A plurality of stops for a registration system are electrically coupled to each other. When contact is made with a metal frame, a circuit is created and an indicator coupled to the circuit, such as a light, can be activated to show such contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Richard C. Hoffman, JR., Andrew L. Oleson, Keith R. Falk, Darek Tkacz
  • Patent number: 9018999
    Abstract: A hardware/PLC logic combination which enables measurement of a plurality of analog voltage points (e.g., multiples of 8 points) on a single high speed PLC input without separate synchronization inputs or outputs. This is accomplished through the use of a multiplexer circuit [clock, binary counter, analog multiplexer, voltage to frequency converter], and a high speed counter function at the PLC. Synchronization between the PLC and circuit is through the detection of a fixed voltage on channel “one” of the circuit, which is set well above the typical range (e.g., 0-10V) of the remaining analog inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: M&R Printing Equipment, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith R. Falk
  • Publication number: 20130342257
    Abstract: A hardware/PLC logic combination which enables measurement of a plurality of analog voltage points (e.g., multiples of 8 points) on a single high speed PLC input without separate synchronization inputs or outputs. This is accomplished through the use of a multiplexer circuit [clock, binary counter, analog multiplexer, voltage to frequency converter], and a high speed counter function at the PLC. Synchronization between the PLC and circuit is through the detection of a fixed voltage on channel “one” of the circuit, which is set well above the typical range (e.g., 0-10V) of the remaining analog inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: M&R Printing Equipment, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith R. Falk
  • Patent number: 5221877
    Abstract: A control system for reducing power used by an inductive lighting installation, usually plural fluorescent lamps and a ballast, includes an A.C. power input circuit to the installation with a signal-actuated, normally-closed primary switch in series in the circuit; a signal-actuated normally-open secondary switch is in shunt with the load. The two switches are actuated substantially simultaneously in each half-cycle of the A.C. power input, once for power reduction for a time interval T1-T2 and once for harmonic distortion reduction for a time T3-T4 that encompasses each A.C. power zero-crossing time TX. The control system has N different timing programs for times T1-T2 and T3-T4, each program corresponding to one type of ballast. In each program times T3 and T4 are constant; only the times T1 and T2 are varied for a series of successively greater power reductions; the maximum power reduction may be as much as 30 to 40 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Davis Controls Corporation
    Inventor: Keith R. Falk