Patents by Inventor Louise Jandura

Louise Jandura 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: 5460209
    Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing dry ingredient has a plurality of containers, each for a different ingredient. Each has a body having an internal chamber, and a port for dispensing the ingredient, which is arranged gravitationally below the chamber when in use. Each container has at least two baffles adjacent the port. The baffles are inclined and define a passageway through which the ingredient may pass. The passageway is sized and the baffles are inclined such that the ingredient rests upon the baffles. The apparatus also includes a collection stage that is arranged relative to each of the plurality of container ports so that ingredient dispensed from each port is deposited upon the collection stage. The apparatus also includes a vibrator for exciting at least one of the baffles of each container such that the ingredient is urged to pass through the respective passageway and out of the chamber.The apparatus typically further includes a controller for activating and deactivating the vibrators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Louise Jandura, Amy B. Smith, Susan D. Ward
  • Patent number: D673482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Tommaso P. Rivellini, Jaime M. Waydo, Christopher J. Voorhees, Louise Jandura, Benjamin L. Thoma, Robert M. Manning, Howard J. Eisen, Adam D. Steltzner, Steven W. Lee, Alejandro M. San Martin, Dara Sabahi, Jeffrey W. Umland
  • Patent number: D679646
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Tommaso P. Rivellini, Jaime M. Waydo, Christopher J. Voorhees, Louise Jandura, Benjamin L. Thoma, Robert M. Manning, Howard J. Eisen, Adam D. Steltzner, Steven W. Lee, Alejandro M. San Martin, Dara Sabahi, Jeffrey W. Umland