Patents by Inventor Patrick M. Reed

Patrick M. Reed 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).

  • Ultrasonic cleaning in batch photoprocessing equipment
    Patent number: 6599037
    Abstract: A photographic processor includes a cleaning arrangement which comprises a transducer and an ultrasonic probe. In the system and method of the present invention, a cleaning cycle can be automatically initiated in a batch photographic processor. The automatic cleaning cycle involves the selected control of the transducer and the ultrasonic probe so as to place the probe in contact with cleaning solution in the processor, and the application of ultrasonic energy to the cleaning solution. In order to enhance the cleaning operation during a cleaning cycle, a circular processing drum of the photographic processor can be rotated slowly or intermittently to allow enough cleaning energy to be delivered to various components of the photographic processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Faye Transvalidou, Patrick M. Reed