Patents by Inventor Robert A. Butler
Robert A. Butler 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: 20190231148Abstract: A foaming component for use in a foaming liquid dispenser, and an insert arranged so that it may be inserted into a liquid dispenser comprising the foaming component. The foaming component comprises a liquid chamber; an air chamber; a sparging component, which comprises a sparging interface and a foaming region; an exit aperture; and a pumping mechanism. The pumping mechanism is arranged such that it can transfer liquid from the liquid chamber directly to the foaming region, and air from the air chamber to the foaming region, via the sparging interface. The forcing of air through the sparging interface causes bubbles to form in the liquid located in the foaming region, resulting in a foamed mixture for dispensing. The pumping mechanism is then used to transfer the foamed mixture from the sparging component through the exit aperture, wherein the sparging interface is arranged such that at least a portion of the foaming region is positioned in between opposing surfaces of the sparging interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2016Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: DEB IP LIMITEDInventors: Stewart Banks, Dean Limbert, Chris Lang, Jack Kidd, Robert Butler
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Patent number: 10098443Abstract: A hydration device is provided that includes a sleeve that is worn securely on a limb, such as a forearm, of a user and contains a bladder for holding liquid such as water, sports drinks, etc. The bladder is removable and includes a refill port and a drinking valve. The hydration device can be designed to absorb impacts while being worn, yet is light-weight and flexible enough to conform to the user's body.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Sinergy, LLCInventor: Robert Butler
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Publication number: 20180276962Abstract: A system comprising an agent system and a cloud platform, the agent system including a device handler and a communications manager, the cloud platform including components including: a receiver module; a platform management layer including a rules engine; a database; application programming interfaces (APIs), and a user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Robert BUTLER, Daniel CULLEY, Kevin DUFFY, Mark FARRINGTON, Steve HOUGH, Mark LEE, John MCEWAN, Ajith SURENDRAN
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Publication number: 20180235412Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for providing a web for cleansing, the apparatus comprising a web, a liquor reservoir, a liquor actuator for applying liquor from the reservoir to the web at a predetermined location and an air actuator for directing air through the web at the predetermined location so as to generate foam from the liquor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: DEB IP LIMITEDInventors: Stewart Banks, Christopher Lang, Robert Butler, Jack Kidd, Dean Limbert
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Publication number: 20180202195Abstract: Various embodiments of a point-of-care hygiene dispenser and an electronic hand hygiene event monitoring system are disclosed. One embodiment is directed to point-of-care dispenser and a corresponding electronic monitoring system, wherein the point-of-care dispenser is movable between predetermined zones of interest. Another embodiment is directed to a secure point-of-care dispenser having corresponding dispenser cover and main body interlocks. A still further embodiment is directed to point-of-care dispensing system comprising a point-of-care dispenser having a dispenser cover and a main body, a locking mechanism configured to secure the dispenser covers with the main body in a closed condition, and a docking unit configured for mounting with the point-of-care dispenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Dean Philip Limbert, Christopher Lang, Robert Butler, David Creaghan
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Patent number: 9920553Abstract: Various embodiments of a point-of-care hygiene dispenser and an electronic hand hygiene event monitoring system are disclosed. One embodiment is directed to point-of-care dispenser and a corresponding electronic monitoring system, wherein the point-of-care dispenser is movable between predetermined zones of interest. Another embodiment is directed to a secure point-of-care dispenser having corresponding dispenser cover and main body interlocks. A still further embodiment is directed to point-of-care dispensing system comprising a point-of-care dispenser having a dispenser cover and a main body, a locking mechanism configured to secure the dispenser covers with the main body in a closed condition, and a docking unit configured for mounting with the point-of-care dispenser.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: DEB IP LIMITEDInventors: Dean Philip Limbert, Christopher Lang, Robert Butler, David Creaghan
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Publication number: 20170360184Abstract: A hydration device is provided that includes a sleeve that is worn securely on a limb, such as a forearm, of a user and contains a bladder for holding liquid such as water, sports drinks, etc. The bladder is removable and includes a refill port and a drinking valve. The hydration device can be designed to absorb impacts while being worn, yet is light-weight and flexible enough to conform to the user's body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Sinergy, LLCInventor: Robert Butler
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Patent number: 9718069Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a non-aerosol foam pump for use in association with an unpressurized liquid container and a foaming element comprising. The pump includes a liquid pump portion and an air pump portion. The liquid pump portion has a liquid chamber with a liquid internal volume and a shuttle liquid piston. The liquid chamber is in flow communication with the unpressurized liquid container and in flow communication with the foaming element. The air pump portion has an air chamber with an air internal volume. The air chamber is in flow communication with the foaming element. The liquid pump portion and the air pump portion have an activation stroke and a return stroke. During the activation stroke the air internal volume is reduced and during a beginning stage of the stroke the liquid internal volume remains the same and during a later stage the liquid internal volume is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: DEB IP LIMITEDInventors: David Michael Ross Creaghan, Robert Butler, Dean Philip Limbert, Christopher James Lang, Stewart Banks
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Publication number: 20170159933Abstract: A remediation method and device for combustible gas in a room is disclosed. An inlet and outlet opening between ambient room air and the interior of a device are used with a sensor. Flame arrestor quench screens are used to control a fire within a chamber having an impeller causing air flow. A pilot flame situated within the combustion chamber burns combustible gas while temperature, pressure, and oxygen sensor devices are used to modify air flow as necessary for optimum combustion within the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Robert Butler, Esther Butler
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Patent number: 9402862Abstract: There is described zeolites containing releasably adsorbed nitric oxide, methods of preparing the zeolites, methods of releasing the nitric oxide into a solution or into air and uses of the zeolites in therapy.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: University Court of the University of St AndrewsInventors: Russell Edward Morris, Paul Stewart Wheatley, Anthony Robert Butler
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Publication number: 20160040455Abstract: Various embodiments of a point-of-care hygiene dispenser and an electronic hand hygiene event monitoring system are disclosed. One embodiment is directed to point-of-care dispenser and a corresponding electronic monitoring system, wherein the point-of-care dispenser is movable between predetermined zones of interest. Another embodiment is directed to a secure point-of-care dispenser having corresponding dispenser cover and main body interlocks. A still further embodiment is directed to point-of-care dispensing system comprising a point-of-care dispenser having a dispenser cover and a main body, a locking mechanism configured to secure the dispenser covers with the main body in a closed condition, and a docking unit configured for mounting with the point-of-care dispenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Dean Philip Limbert, Christopher Lang, Robert Butler, David Creaghan
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Patent number: 9241316Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for conserving resources of a wireless communication device (WCD). A WCD may be configured to operate in one of two modes while in communication with the RAN. In a high-power mode, the WCD operates with a filtering component having a first filtering bandwidth. The first a filtering bandwidth generally enables the WCD to provide high quality audio signals based on a first audio bandwidth of an audio codec. In a low-power mode, the WCD operates with the filtering component having a second filtering bandwidth. The second filtering bandwidth enables the WCD to provide a lower quality audio signal based on a second audio bandwidth having a narrower audio bandwidth than the first audio bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.Inventors: Amar Nath Ray, Douglas L. Richards, Robert Butler
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Patent number: 9217190Abstract: An improved sterling silver alloy. Like all sterlings, the improved alloy is at least 92.5 percent silver by weight. It has less copper than traditional sterlings: 3.0 percent versus the traditional 7.5 percent. Additionally, the improved alloy includes about 2.75 percent palladium, about 1.0 percent tin, and about 0.75 percent zinc, all by weight. A grain refiner, such as ruthenium, may also be provided. The components of the preferred alloy are melted, degassed, remelted, and then formed into casting grains, wire, and etc. The resulting alloy is significantly harder, as cast, than traditional sterlings: 95-120 Vickers versus 65 Vickers for traditional sterlings. The improved alloy also exhibits improved corrosion resistance. Other than a slightly higher (<200° F.) liquidus temperature, the improved alloy may be worked in substantially the same manner as traditional sterlings. Pieces cast from the improved alloy may be age hardened to about 160 Vickers, if desired.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2011Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Stuller, Inc.Inventor: John Robert Butler
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Patent number: 9194024Abstract: Jewelry articles made from a precious metal alloy having a color that is substantially white and comparable to that of platinum alloys, having liquidus and solidus temperatures comparable to that of white gold alloys, having a relatively slow solidification time when poured from a molten state, having substantial resistance to tarnishing under conditions normally encountered during ordinary human wear, having a cast hardness of about 140 Vickers, and that can be age hardened to at least about 240 Vickers, and whose yield point can be substantially strengthened via age hardening. The preferred composition of the alloy is about forty to fifty-five percent by weight silver; about fifteen to thirty-five percent by weight palladium; about fifteen to twenty-five percent by weight copper; and up to about three percent by weight zinc and/or silicon and up to about one percent by weight of a grain refiner such as iridium and/or ruthenium.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Stuller, Inc.Inventor: John Robert Butler
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Publication number: 20150320266Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a non-aerosol foam pump for use in association with an unpressurized liquid container and a foaming element comprising. The pump includes a liquid pump portion and an air pump portion. The liquid pump portion has a liquid chamber with a liquid internal volume and a shuttle liquid piston. The liquid chamber is in flow communication with the unpressurized liquid container and in flow communication with the foaming element. The air pump portion has an air chamber with an air internal volume. The air chamber is in flow communication with the foaming element. The liquid pump portion and the air pump portion have an activation stroke and a return stroke. During the activation stroke the air internal volume is reduced and during a beginning stage of the stroke the liquid internal volume remains the same and during a later stage the liquid internal volume is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: David Michael Ross CREAGHAN, Robert BUTLER, Dean Philip LIMBERT, Christopher James LANG, Stewart BANKS
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Publication number: 20150235549Abstract: Various embodiments of a point-of-care hygiene dispenser and an electronic hand hygiene event monitoring system are disclosed. One embodiment is directed to point-of-care dispenser and a corresponding electronic monitoring system, wherein the point-of-care dispenser is movable between predetermined zones of interest. Another embodiment is directed to a secure point-of-care dispenser having corresponding dispenser cover and main body interlocks. A still further embodiment is directed to point-of-care dispensing system comprising a point-of-care dispenser having a dispenser cover and a main body, a locking mechanism configured to secure the dispenser covers with the main body in a closed condition, and a docking unit configured for mounting with the point-of-care dispenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Dean Philip Limbert, Nigel Gaylard, John Hines, Christopher Lang, Robert Butler, David Creaghan, Paul Dodds
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Patent number: 8881271Abstract: A system and method for employing memory forensic techniques to determine operating system type, memory management configuration, and virtual machine status on a running computer system. The techniques apply advanced techniques in a fashion to make them usable and accessible by Information Technology professionals that may not necessarily be versed in the specifics of memory forensic methodologies and theory.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2008Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Mandiant, LLCInventor: James Robert Butler, II
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Publication number: 20140239011Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a container for flowable material configured to be installed in a counter below an access hole. The container includes a first deformable portion and a second deformable portion. The first deformable portion defines a first cavity and has a sealable first cavity inlet. The second deformable portion defines a second cavity and is in flow communication with the first cavity. The first deformable portion is configured to deform to fit into the access hole when substantially no flowable material is therein and the second deformable portion configured to deform to fit through the access hole when substantially no flowable material is therein. The disclosure also includes a method of installing a container of flowable material in a counter below an access hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: PIBED LIMITEDInventors: Robert BUTLER, Laura Anne HAY, Efthimia IOANNOU, Adela WALCZAK, Stewart BANKS, Christopher James LANG, Dean Philip LIMBERT
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Patent number: D782813Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Inventor: Robert Butler
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Patent number: D819955Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Sinergy, LLCInventor: Robert Butler