Patents by Inventor Rick A. Wood
Rick A. Wood 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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Patent number: 9185997Abstract: A container dispenser includes structure to support a nested stack of containers. The dispenser includes a crossbar at the lower end of the structure and a pair of spaced apart upright posts to which a retention wire clip may be removably mounted. The wire clip is designed to engage the exterior side wall or lip of the outermost cup of the nested stack, and in effect, hold the outermost container against the cross bar. This not only keeps the outermost container from falling away from the dispenser but also retains the nested stack in the dispenser. The retention wire clip is preferably formed of spring steel.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: San Jamar, Inc.Inventors: Rick Woods, Bernie Ziebart, Erik Feuerstein
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Publication number: 20140034666Abstract: A container dispenser includes structure to support a nested stack of containers. The dispenser includes a crossbar at the lower end of the structure and a pair of spaced apart upright posts to which a retention wire clip may be removably mounted. The wire clip is designed to engage the exterior side wall or lip of the outermost cup of the nested stack, and in effect, hold the outermost container against the cross bar. This not only keeps the outermost container from falling away from the dispenser but also retains the nested stack in the dispenser. The retention wire clip is preferably formed of spring steel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2011Publication date: February 6, 2014Inventors: Rick Woods, Bernie Ziebart, Erik Feuerstein
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Publication number: 20070284310Abstract: A method and system for treating a distilled ethanol or alcoholic spirit wherein the spirit is contacted with ozone and granular activated carbon in sequence to provide an ozonated distilled spirit product of improved purity, aroma, taste or character.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2006Publication date: December 13, 2007Inventors: Johannes van Leeuwen, Rick Wood, Jacek A. Koziel
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Publication number: 20070248730Abstract: A method and system for treating a distilled spirit wherein the spirit is contacted with ozone to provide an ozonated distilled spirit product of improved aroma, taste or character.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2006Publication date: October 25, 2007Inventors: Rick Wood, Johannes van Leeumen, Jacek Koziel
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Patent number: 6726136Abstract: A medical waste disposal system for loading, reducing, and sterilizing medical waste is disclosed. The system includes a frame supporting a generally sealed containment chamber, a lift assembly having a lifter mounted on a track assembly configured for generally vertical motion of the lifter. The system also includes a hopper mounted on the frame near the lift and in communication with a material feeder, a first grinder in communication with the material feeder, a first conveyor positioned to receive medical waste from the first grinder, and a second grinder in communication with the first conveyor. The system further includes a second conveyor positioned to receive waste from the second grinder, and an autoclave for thermally disinfecting the waste, mounted on the frame in the containment chamber and in communication with the second conveyor assembly. The autoclave includes a plurality of steam inlets, a waste inlet opening, and a waste outlet opening for discharging waste to a third conveyor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Aegis Bio Systems, L.L.C.Inventors: George W. Swisher, Jr., Royce M. Nelson, Eric B. Hawkins, Rick A. Wood, Ronald R. Mercer
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Publication number: 20030193319Abstract: An apparatus and method for powering a platform from an ambient electrostatic gradient are disclosed. The apparatus includes an ion powered platform comprises a platform body, an electrical load carried by the platform body; and an electrically conductive probe. The electrically conductive probe is electrically connected to the electrical load at a first point thereon and adapted to generate electrical energy from an ambient electrostatic field gradient. The electrically conductive probe extends from the electrical load such that a second point thereon is vertically displaced from the first point and on the opposite connection of the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: James Rick Wood, Mark K. Browder
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Publication number: 20020175235Abstract: A medical waste disposal system for loading, reducing, and sterilizing medical waste is disclosed. The system includes a frame supporting a generally sealed containment chamber, a lift assembly having a lifter mounted on a track assembly configured for generally vertical motion of the lifter. The system also includes a hopper mounted on the frame near the lift and in communication with a material feeder, a first grinder in communication with the material feeder, a first conveyor positioned to receive medical waste from the first grinder, and a second grinder in communication with the first conveyor. The system further includes a second conveyor positioned to receive waste from the second grinder, and an autoclave for thermally disinfecting the waste, mounted on the frame in the containment chamber and in communication with the second conveyor assembly. The autoclave includes a plurality of steam inlets, a waste inlet opening, and a waste outlet opening for discharging waste to a third conveyor assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2002Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: Aegis Bio-Systems, L.L.C.Inventors: George W. Swisher, Royce M. Nelson, Eric B. Hawkins, Rick A. Wood, Ronald R. Mercer
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Patent number: 6446887Abstract: A medical waste disposal system for loading, reducing, and sterilizing medical waste is disclosed. The system includes a frame supporting a generally sealed containment chamber, a lift assembly having a lifter mounted on a track assembly configured for generally vertical motion of the lifter. The system also includes a hopper mounted on the frame near the lift and in communication with a material feeder, a first grinder in communication with the material feeder, a first conveyor positioned to receive medical waste from the first grinder, and a second grinder in communication with the first conveyor. The system further includes a second conveyor positioned to receive waste from the second grinder, and an autoclave for thermally disinfecting the waste, mounted on the frame in the containment chamber and in communication with the second conveyor assembly. The autoclave includes a plurality of steam inlets, a waste inlet opening, and a waste outlet opening for discharging waste to a third conveyor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2000Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: Aegis Bio-Systems, L.L.C.Inventors: George W. Swisher, Jr., Royce M. Nelson, Eric B. Hawkins, Rick A. Wood, Ronald R. Mercer
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Patent number: D525063Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: The Colman Group, Inc.Inventors: Rick Woods, Scott Collins, Paul Omdoll, Tom Wozny
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Patent number: D651695Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2010Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Liqui-Box CorporationInventors: James W. Johnson, Mike Young, Rick Woods
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Patent number: D713192Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Cascade Mountain TechInventor: Rick Wood
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Patent number: D737087Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Cascade Mountain Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Rick Wood