Patents by Inventor Susan M. Clausen

Susan M. Clausen 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).

  • Method and apparatus for evaporating multi-component liquids
    Patent number: 7070121
    Abstract: An atomizer 10 atomizes a multi-component liquid from a reservoir 20 into a cloud 14 comprising small droplets 38 which are ejected into the atmosphere to a certain height and allowed to fall toward a surface 12. Essentially complete evaporation is assured by maintaining the size of the droplets, the liquid's component vapor pressures and the height through which the droplets fall according to a predetermined relationship. Also, the suitability of a liquid for evaporation in a vibrating plate atomizer is determined by measuring the rate of size decrease and the surface tension of a pendant drop of the liquid after a predetermined amount of the liquid has evaporated from the drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Heather R. Schramm, Edward J. Martens, III, Susan M. Clausen, Padma P. Varanasi, Jesse Ben Crandall
  • Method and apparatus for evaporating multi-component liquids
    Publication number: 20040251314
    Abstract: An atomizer 10 atomizes a multi-component liquid from a reservoir 20 into a cloud 14 comprising small droplets 38 which are ejected into the atmosphere to a certain height and allowed to fall toward a surface 12. Essentially complete evaporation is assured by maintaining the size of the droplets, the liquid's component vapor pressures and the height through which the droplets fall according to a predetermined relationship. Also, the suitability of a liquid for evaporation in a vibrating plate atomizer is determined by measuring the rate of size decrease and the surface tension of a pendant drop of the liquid after a predetermined amount of the liquid has evaporated from the drop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
    Inventors: Heather R. Schramm, Edward J. Martens, Susan M. Clausen, Padma P. Varanasi, Jesse Ben Crandall
  • Method and apparatus for evaporating multi-component liquids
    Patent number: 6793149
    Abstract: An atomizer 10 atomizes a multi-component liquid from a reservoir 20 into a cloud 14 comprising small droplets 38 which are ejected into the atmosphere to a certain height and allowed to fall toward a surface 12. Essentially complete evaporation is assured by maintaining the size of the droplets, the liquid's component vapor pressures and the height through which the droplets fall according to a predetermined relationship. Also, the suitability of a liquid for evaporation in a vibrating plate atomizer is determined by measuring the rate of size decrease and the surface tension of a pendant drop of the liquid after a predetermined amount of the liquid has evaporated from the drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Heather R. Schramm, Edward J. Martens, III, Susan M. Clausen, Padma P. Varanasi, Jesse Ben Crandall
  • Method and apparatus for evaporating multi-component liquids
    Publication number: 20030146292
    Abstract: An atomizer 10 atomizes a multi-component liquid from a reservoir 20 into a cloud 14 comprising small droplets 38 which are ejected into the atmosphere to a certain height and allowed to fall toward a surface 12. Essentially complete evaporation is assured by maintaining the size of the droplets, the liquid's component vapor pressures and the height through which the droplets fall according to a predetermined relationship. Also, the suitability of a liquid for evaporation in a vibrating plate atomizer is determined by measuring the rate of size decrease and the surface tension of a pendant drop of the liquid after a predetermined amount of the liquid has evaporated from the drop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Heather R. Schramm, Edward J. Martens, Susan M. Clausen, Padma P. Varanasi, Jesse Ben Crandall
  • Holder for a scrubber
    Patent number: D532564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Neumann, Susan M. Clausen