Patents by Inventor Lee A. Archer
Lee A. Archer 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: 20180055965Abstract: An aromatherapy ring made of soft, flexible silicon or like material. The ring includes a split ring body with an open trough therearound for receiving aroma liquid. The split ring body is adapted for wrapping around a shower filter or a shower head. The ring body includes first and second ends with magnets or like attaching means for engaging each other and holding the ring in a horizontal position on the shower filter or shower head. When warm or hot water passes through the shower filter or shower head, the aroma liquid is heated, thus providing a fragrance for aromatherapy, when taking a shower.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Sheri Ann Archer, Virgil Lee Archer
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Patent number: 9901655Abstract: An aromatherapy ring made of soft, flexible silicon or like material. The ring includes a split ring body with an open trough therearound for receiving aroma liquid. The split ring body is adapted for wrapping around a shower filter or a shower head. The ring body includes first and second ends with magnets or like attaching means for engaging each other and holding the ring in a horizontal position on the shower filter or shower head. When warm or hot water passes through the shower filter or shower head, the aroma liquid is heated, thus providing a fragrance for aromatherapy, when taking a shower.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Inventors: Sheri Ann Archer, Virgil Lee Archer
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Patent number: 9851199Abstract: The invention embodies methods and apparatuses to monitor and control the characteristics of a creping process. The method involves measuring optical properties of various points along a creped paper sheet and converting those measurements into characteristic defining data. The invention allows for determining the magnitude and distribution of crepe structures and their frequency and distribution. This allows for the generation of information that is accurate and is much more reliable than the coarse guessing that is currently used in the industry. Feeding this information to papermaking process equipment can result in increases in both quality and efficiency in papermaking.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.Inventors: William A. Von Drasek, Sammy Lee Archer, Gary S. Furman, Jr.
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Patent number: 9404895Abstract: The invention embodies the application of different combinations of the monitoring and data processing aspects as a means to develop an early warning chatter alarming system. Configuring an early warning chatter alarming system can be as simple as using n? alarm settings to develop an alarming strategy from different trend conditions such as overall RMS, selected vibration frequencies, slope analysis, and wavelet analysis. A higher level of alarming is provided by using a time integrated approach to account for both intensity of the alarm variable and duration. Combining these different aspects with a predictive model incorporates process-operating conditions to enhance the alarming sensitivity for earlier detection and reduce false positives. Finally, combining the different alarming aspects with a rule-based decision making approach such as fuzzy logic allows alarming based on qualitative analysis of different data streams.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2011Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Nalco CompanyInventors: William A. Von Drasek, Gary S. Furman, Jr., Sammy Lee Archer
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Publication number: 20150160001Abstract: The invention embodies methods and apparatuses to monitor and control the characteristics of a creping process. The method involves measuring optical properties of various points along a creped paper sheet and converting those measurements into characteristic defining data. The invention allows for determining the magnitude and distribution of crepe structures and their frequency and distribution. This allows for the generation of information that is accurate and is much more reliable than the coarse guessing that is currently used in the industry. Feeding this information to papermaking process equipment can result in increases in both quality and efficiency in papermaking.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: NALCO COMPANYInventors: William A. Von Drasek, Sammy Lee Archer, Gary S. Furman, JR.
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Patent number: 8958898Abstract: The invention embodies methods and apparatuses to monitor and control the characteristics of a creping process. The method involves measuring optical properties of various points along a creped paper sheet and converting those measurements into characteristic defining data. The invention allows for determining the magnitude and distribution of crepe structures and their frequency and distribution. This allows for the generation of information that is accurate and is much more reliable than the coarse guessing that is currently used in the industry. Feeding this information to papermaking process equipment can result in increases in both quality and efficiency in papermaking.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Nalco CompanyInventors: William A. Von Drasek, Sammy Lee Archer, Gary S. Furman, Jr.
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Publication number: 20130116812Abstract: The invention embodies methods and apparatuses to monitor and control the characteristics of a creping process. The method involves measuring optical properties of various points along a creped paper sheet and converting those measurements into characteristic defining data. The invention allows for determining the magnitude and distribution of crepe structures and their frequency and distribution. This allows for the generation of information that is accurate and is much more reliable than the coarse guessing that is currently used in the industry. Feeding this information to papermaking process equipment can result in increases in both quality and efficiency in papermaking.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventors: William A. Von Drasek, Sammy Lee Archer, Gary S. Furman, JR.
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Publication number: 20130103326Abstract: The invention embodies the application of different combinations of the monitoring and data processing aspects as a means to develop an early warning chatter alarming system. Configuring an early warning chatter alarming system can be as simple as using n? alarm settings to develop an alarming strategy from different trend conditions such as overall RMS, selected vibration frequencies, slope analysis, and wavelet analysis. A higher level of alarming is provided by using a time integrated approach to account for both intensity of the alarm variable and duration. Combining these different aspects with a predictive model incorporates process-operating conditions to enhance the alarming sensitivity for earlier detection and reduce false positives. Finally, combining the different alarming aspects with a rule-based decision making approach such as fuzzy logic allows alarming based on qualitative analysis of different data streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: William A. Von Drasek, Gary S. Furman, JR., Sammy Lee Archer
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Publication number: 20120284075Abstract: An intelligent solution for monitoring, assigning, and accounting fueling operations. An automated dispatch fueling system comprises a fuel management server populated with airport profile and dispatcher configurations. Utilizing information stored in the database and received from external systems, the automated dispatch fueling system can automatically assign and monitor fueling operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Derek Blagg, Timothy Lee Archer, Warren Sutcliffe, John Eric Simmons
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Patent number: 8249907Abstract: An intelligent solution for monitoring, assigning, and accounting fueling operations. An automated dispatch fueling system comprises a fuel management server populated with airport profile and dispatcher configurations. Utilizing information stored in the database and received from external systems, the automated dispatch fueling system can automatically assign and monitor fueling operations.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Varec, Inc.Inventors: Derek Blagg, Timothy Lee Archer, Warren Sutcliffe, John Eric Simmons
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Publication number: 20120010918Abstract: An intelligent solution for monitoring, assigning, and accounting fueling operations. An automated dispatch fueling system comprises a fuel management server populated with airport profile and dispatcher configurations. Utilizing information stored in the database and received from external systems, the automated dispatch fueling system can automatically assign and monitor fueling operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Inventors: Derek Blagg, Timothy Lee Archer, Warren Sutcliffe, John Eric Simmons
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Patent number: 8066847Abstract: A composition comprising one or more polyaminoaminde epihalohydrin resins and one or more polyamides in a ratio of about 1:99 to about 99:1 based on polymer actives and use of the composition for creping paper webs.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2005Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Nalco CorporationInventors: Vladimir A. Grigoriev, Gary S. Furman, Sammy Lee Archer, Winston Su, Christopher D. Kaley, Mingli Wei
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Patent number: 8055526Abstract: An intelligent solution for monitoring, assigning, and accounting fueling operations. An automated dispatch fueling system comprises a fuel management server populated with airport profile and dispatcher configurations. Utilizing information stored in the database and received from external systems, the automated dispatch fueling system can automatically assign and monitor fueling operations.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2006Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Varec, Inc.Inventors: Derek Blagg, Timothy Lee Archer, Warren Sutcliffe, John Eric Simmons
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Publication number: 20080195442Abstract: A fuel management server creates a primary transaction record for a primary fueling agent assigned to a fueling transaction and a secondary transaction record for each secondary fueling agent assigned to the fueling transaction. Each fueling agent interacts with a fueling agent client device to collect fueling transaction data to be stored in the transaction records. Certain transaction data collected by the secondary fueling agent is shared with the primary fueling agent. The primary transaction record stores final fuel load data indicating the amount of fuel dispensed from a primary fueling vehicle and an aggregate amount of fuel dispensed during the fueling transaction. The secondary transaction record stores final fuel load data indicating the amount of fuel dispensed from a secondary fueling vehicle during the fueling transaction. Selected portions of the primary transaction record and the secondary transaction record may be accessed for purposes of reporting and presentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2008Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Derek Blagg, Joseph H. Masters, Timothy Lee Archer, John Eric Simmons
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Patent number: 7376495Abstract: A fueling agent operates a fueling agent client device for collecting and generating transaction data relating to a fueling transaction. The fueling agent client device transmits the transaction data to a fuel management server, for example, via a wireless communications link. The fuel management server stores the transaction data in a transaction record. The transaction data includes final fuel load data indicating an amount of fuel dispensed during the fueling transaction. Selected transaction data is retrieved from the transaction record and is delivered to a data communications system for transmission to a receiver. The receiver may be in the cockpit of an aircraft. An aircraft data communication system may be a digital data link system for transmitting data to and from the aircraft via VHF radio, such as ACARS. The fuel management server may communicate with an aircraft data communication system directly, or indirectly via an airline computer system.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2005Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Varec, Inc.Inventors: Keith Coggins, Steven Jackson, Timothy Lee Archer, John Eric Simmons, Derek Blagg
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Publication number: 20080065449Abstract: An intelligent solution for monitoring, assigning, and accounting fueling operations. An automated dispatch fueling system comprises a fuel management server populated with airport profile and dispatcher configurations. Utilizing information stored in the database and received from external systems, the automated dispatch fueling system can automatically assign and monitor fueling operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2006Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: Varec, Inc.Inventors: Derek Blagg, Timothy Lee Archer, Warren Sutcliffe, John Eric Simmons
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Patent number: 6077590Abstract: Rolled creped paper products, such as kitchen towels, can be provided with high roll bulk and a high degree of roll firmness by steaming the dry, creped paper sheet immediately prior to embossing the sheet between matched steel embossing rolls. The steaming preconditions the sheet such that the resulting sheet embossments maintain their shape and structural strength, thereby imparting greater bulk and firmness to the wound roll of product. In addition, the sheet experiences less cross-machine strength reduction as a consequence of the embossing.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1998Date of Patent: June 20, 2000Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Sammy Lee Archer, Eric John Draheim, Thomas Garrett Neal, Jr., Jerome Steven Veith, Mary Martha Zielinski
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Patent number: 5492484Abstract: There is provided a bifurcated contact for terminating a pair of insulated conductors. The contact includes a pair of furcations each having first and second interconnected and interdependent resilient elements. Each first element is in the form of a loop extending into a slot formed by the second elements. The first and second elements are on different planes. The first elements include juxtaposed termination surfaces wherein a second conductor may be terminated after the termination of the first conductor without disturbing the integrity of the termination of the first conductor.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1994Date of Patent: February 20, 1996Assignee: Superior Modular Products IncorporatedInventor: Lee A. Archer
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Patent number: 5145401Abstract: There is provided a jack connector for intermating with a corresponding plug connector. The jack includes a housing which receives a plurality of elongated contacts. Each contact has an arcuate portion which is wider than its adjacent bearing portion. The housing includes a ledge and an adjacent space so that the contact may deflect within the space when force is applied to the bearing portion. Each contact includes a wire termination portion having a substantially zero clearance insulation displacement contact. Each insulation displacement contact is supported by shoulders so as to avoid damage to the contact when a wire is terminated thereto.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1991Date of Patent: September 8, 1992Assignee: Superior Modular Products, Inc.Inventor: Lee A. Archer
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Patent number: 5125852Abstract: There is provided an electrical connector jack which is adapted to readily be used with panels having various thicknesses. The jack has a pair of flexible stops in the form of ears extending therefrom which abut against one side of the panel. The flexibility of the ears permits the jack to move over a range of distance after having been inserted into an opening in the panel. The jack further includes additional stops in the form of beams which contact the other side of the panel to further secure the jack in the opening in the panel. The beams are also flexible thereby permitting the jack to snap into the panel. A cover is also provided to conceal the jack and to lock the jack into the opening in the panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1991Date of Patent: June 30, 1992Assignee: Superior Modular Products, Inc.Inventor: Lee A. Archer