Patents by Inventor William E. Harris
William E. Harris 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: 11980362Abstract: A surgical system comprising a stapling instrument and a staple cartridge including a plurality of independent circuits powered by the surgical instrument is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Patrick L. Creamer, Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Ismail Akram, William S. Honey, Edward G. Colby, Helen S. Clubb, Emily R. Woodhouse
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Patent number: 11950779Abstract: A method for establishing signal and power communication between a surgical instrument and a staple cartridge is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Patrick L. Creamer, Shane R. Adams, Jason L. Harris, Morgan R. Hunter, Ismail Akram, William S. Honey, Edward G. Colby, Helen S. Clubb, Emily R. Woodhouse
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Patent number: 11918302Abstract: An interactive control unit is disclosed. The interactive control unit includes an interactive touchscreen display, an interface configured to couple the control unit to a surgical hub, a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive input commands from the interactive touchscreen display located inside a sterile field and transmit the input commands to the surgical hub to control devices coupled to the surgical hub located outside the sterile field.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Jeffrey D. Messerly, Peter K. Shires, Monica L. Z. Rivard, Cory G. Kimball, David C. Yates, Jeffrey L. Aldridge, Daniel W. Price, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jerome R. Morgan
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Publication number: 20020111857Abstract: The present invention relates to using encoded data as a monetary equivalent or access token. In one embodiment, the encoded data activates an appliance or facilitates a transaction. The encoded data may include monetary information itself, or may be used to index additional information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2001Publication date: August 15, 2002Inventors: William E. Harris, Mark A. Regouby
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Patent number: 5657927Abstract: A washer for a fruit processing machine includes a rotary nozzle paddlewheel gear mounted in a nozzle housing. The rotary nozzle paddlewheel gear meshes with combination gears which in turn mesh with a wash nozzle. Fluid pumped into the housing drives the gears and blows out through the rotary wash nozzle creating a spray pattern. As the rotary wash nozzle completes a revolution, a hemispherical or larger region is sprayed by the fluid, cleaning the equipment to be washed.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1995Date of Patent: August 19, 1997Assignee: Brown International CorporationInventors: Ronald C. Bushman, William E. Harris, Jr.
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Patent number: 5511468Abstract: A fruit juice extracting machine has a pair of opposing endless cup chains extending around a rotatable reamer wheel. The peel guide or retainer holds reamed peel halves in cup until ejector directs peel half into peel chute. A filler plate panel substantially closes off the reamer wheel to help to prevent the accumulation of stagnant juice or pulp. A peel chute behind the reamer wheel has a back surface with slotted opening to recover additional juice and pulp as the peels are ejected from the cup chain and collide against the back surface of the peel chute. The new cup track is a stiffer structure for maintaining the cup chain in proper engagement to the reamers, for improved yield and reduced wear. A full width bulkhead divides the juicing area from the peel chute area.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: April 30, 1996Assignee: Automatic Machinary and Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ronald C. Bushman, William E. Harris, Jr., Roger N. Foch
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Patent number: 5487331Abstract: A fruit juice extracting machine has a pair of opposing endless cup chains extending around a rotatable reamer wheel. The peel guide or retainer holds reamed peel halves in cup until ejector directs peel half into peel chute. A filler plate panel substantially closes off the reamer wheel to help to prevent the accumulation of stagnant juice or pulp. A peel chute behind the reamer wheel has a back surface with slotted opening to recover additional juice and pulp as the peels are ejected from the cup chain and collide against the back surface of the peel chute. The new cup track is a stiffer structure for maintaining the cup chain in proper engagement to the reamers, for improved yield and reduced wear. A full width bulkhead divides the juicing area from the peel chute area.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 1995Date of Patent: January 30, 1996Assignee: Automatic Machinery and Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ronald C. Bushman, William E. Harris, Jr., Roger N. Foch
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Patent number: 5408923Abstract: A fruit juice extracting machine has a pair of opposing endless cup chains extending around a rotatable reamer wheel. The peel guide or retainer holds reamed peel halves in cup until ejector directs peel half into peel chute. A filler plate panel substantially closes off the reamer wheel to help to prevent the accumulation of stagnant juice or pulp. A peel chute behind the reamer wheel has a back surface with slotted opening to recover additional juice and pulp as the peels are ejected from the cup chain and collide against the back surface of the peel chute. The new cup track is a stiffer structure for maintaining the cup chain in proper engagement to the reamers, for improved yield and reduced wear. A full width bulkhead divides the juicing area from the peel chute area.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1993Date of Patent: April 25, 1995Assignee: Automatic Machinery and Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Ronald C. Bushman, William E. Harris, Jr., Roger N. Foch
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Patent number: 5269218Abstract: A rotary fruit and juice extractor has pairs of holding cups pivotally mounted to a rotating frame. A rotatable reamer is associated with each cup. Cams pivot the cups from a fruit loading position, to a fruit slicing position and then to a reaming position as the frame rotates. Reamer cams drive the reamers into and out of the fruit halves held within the cups as the frame rotates.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1992Date of Patent: December 14, 1993Assignee: Brown International Corp.Inventors: L. Bruce Alexander, Ronald C. Bushman, William E. Harris, Jr.
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Patent number: 5188021Abstract: A rotary fruit and juice extractor has pairs of holding cups pivotally mounted to a rotating frame. A rotatable reamer is associated with each cup. Cams pivot the cups from a fruit loading position, to a fruit slicing position and then to a reaming position as the frame rotates. Reamer cams drive the reamers into and out of the fruit halves held within the cups as the frame rotates.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 1991Date of Patent: February 23, 1993Assignee: Brown International CorporationInventors: Ronald C. Bushman, L. Bruce Alexander, William E. Harris, Jr.
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Patent number: 5125515Abstract: A fruit sizing apparatus includes a guideway having an inclined surface extending from a base to a peak with a first channel adjacent to the peak and a second channel adjacent to the base. First and second endless moving belts are supported in part by the first and second channels respectively. The first and second belts are driven at different speeds. A roller is spaced apart from the guideway and rotates in a direction tending to cause fruit to roll up the inclined surface. Additional belts can be provided for improved performance. A washing system over the apparatus cleans the apparatus using fan sprays of water.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1990Date of Patent: June 30, 1992Assignee: Brown International Corp.Inventors: Ronald C. Bushman, William E. Harris, Jr.
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Patent number: 5046480Abstract: An apparatus for the heating of air with a series of compression and expansion stages. The heating system includes four primary stages, centrifugal turbine compression, expansion through diffusing vanes, expansion into a low pressure chamber and nozzle compression. The thermal energy transferred to the air during these compression and expansion stages is of a degree to omit the need for a heat exchanger. The turbine compression stage heats and compresses the air significantly, while the following three stages convert this very high pressure and temperature air to a level that allows the air to be directly discharged into standard heating ducts. The diffusing vanes decrease the velocity of the air discharged from the compression turbine and the expansion chamber lowers the pressure to sub atmospheric pressure. The final stage compresses the air to standard atmospheric pressure and compensates for the heat lost in the expansion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1990Date of Patent: September 10, 1991Inventor: William E. Harris
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Patent number: 4978010Abstract: A fruit sizing apparatus includes a guideway having an inclined surface extending from a base to a peak with a first channel adjacent to the peak and a second channel adjacent to the base. First and second endless moving belts are supported in part by the first and second channels respectively. The first and second belts are driven at different speeds. A roller is spaced apart from the guideway and rotates in a direction tending to cause fruit to roll up the incline surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 1989Date of Patent: December 18, 1990Assignee: Brown International CorporationInventors: Ronald C. Bushman, William E. Harris, Jr.
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Patent number: 4774097Abstract: A centrifugal finisher and method of its operation are disclosed for separating finished juice from an initial juice including substantial solids or for separating finished fluid from any slurry including substantial solids, the slurry being introduced into one end of a cylindrical screen driven in rotation for centrifugally urging the slurry against the screen and causing a fluid component to pass through the screen. Wiper paddles are arranged on a support drum for rotation in wiping contact with the screen and for limited movement relative to the screen for continuously moving solid material from the slurry toward an outlet axial end of the screen.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1987Date of Patent: September 27, 1988Assignee: Brown International CorporationInventors: Ronald C. Bushman, William E. Harris, Jr.