Cummings, MN
Daniel L. Cummings, Wayzata, MN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20130192647 | ENDOSCOPIC COMPONENT CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Cleaning systems and methods include use of a container or holding apparatus to receive one or more components used in a medical procedure (e.g., a walled container or a non-walled container including a plurality of holding structures) and a manifold apparatus. For example, the manifold apparatus may include an inlet connection connectable to a reprocessor fitting of a reprocessing apparatus to receive a fluid therefrom (e.g., a cleaning solution, a disinfecting solution, and a rinsing solution) and one or more outlets configured to provide the at least one fluid into or through one or more components received by the container. For example, the one or more outlets may include an outlet connection connectable to a component fitting of at least one of the components. | 08-01-2013 |
Duane E. Cummings, Monticello, MN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20080291121 | DISPLAY FOR SONAR - A low cost, low power consuming display for a solid state depth locator is provided. The display has no moving parts yet provides a real-time output indicative of the depth, size and density of targets in a body of water using colored LCDs. | 11-27-2008 |
20100097891 | AUTO TUNE SONAR SYSTEM - In some embodiments, a sonar system may include one or more of the following features: (a) a microcontroller electronically coupled to a receiver, (b) a transmitter electronically coupled to the microcontroller and the receiver, (c) a transducer electronically coupled the transmitter and the receiver, the transmit frequency of the transmitter being auto tuned to a best echo frequency of the transducer, (d) a display electronically coupled to the microcontroller, and (e) a keyboard electronically coupled to the microcontroller. | 04-22-2010 |
Duane Edward Cummings, Monticello, MN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090032114 | EXTERNAL WATER SHUTOFF - The present subject matter relates to controlling water sources external to a structure and more particularly to an external water shutoff. One embodiment of the present subject matter includes an apparatus having an electrically operable valve placed on a water supply line internal to a structure between a location where the water supply line enters the structure and a location where the water supply line exits the structure, an auto-drain valve, and means for controlling the electrically operable valve, wherein the means for controlling is external to the structure, further wherein the means for controlling the electrically operable valve is communicatively connected to the electrically operable valve external to the structure. | 02-05-2009 |
Joan Cummings, Minnetonka, MN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20140117084 | IN-LINE QUALITY ASSURANCE - Systems and methods for verifying character(s) on a personalized document, and electronically verifying a magnetic stripe and a smartcard chip of the personalized document, are provided. A quality assurance station is located downstream of personalization stations of a document personalization system. The quality assurance station can provide automated, in-line verification and quality assurance for personalized documents. The quality assurance station integrates a vision verification sub-station, a magnetic stripe sub-station, and a smartcard sub-station. | 05-01-2014 |
Mark Cummings, Savage, MN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090042122 | METHODS OF PRODUCING TONER COMPOSITIONS AND TONER COMPOSITIONS PRODUCED THEREFROM - Toner compositions, methods for making toner compositions, and methods for coating toner particles. A method for coating toner particles may include mixing dry toner particles and a dispersion including shell particles to coat at least a portion of an exterior surface of the toner particles with an essentially continuous layer of the shell particles. The toner particles may comprise a first resin and a coloring agent. The shell particles may comprise a second resin. | 02-12-2009 |
Robert A. Cummings, Austin, MN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20120111763 | INSERT FOR FOILED FOOD TUBS AND THE LIKE - The present invention relates to a stackable packaging insert for storing and transporting articles, such as foiled food tubs. The insert is formed from a blank that can be folded into a tray-like packaging insert with individual compartments. Each compartment has a base and support tabs. Between adjacent bases, the support tabs meet at a triangular connector. When positioned within a container, the support tab ends and triangular connectors rest against the interior walls of the container. Articles within the positioned insert are suspended on the support tabs and triangular connectors. | 05-10-2012 |
Steve Cummings, Burnsville, MN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20100242337 | Ice fishing device - An ice fishing hole lighting device has a solid frame with an opening within the frame having an average diameter of at least six inches. The frame has a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion of the frame having a flat surface so as to lay against surfaces of ice, the bottom of the frame having between 2 and 12 high efficiency light emitting devices that emit light from the bottom portion of the frame without extending beyond the flat surface to interrupt contact between the flat surface and the ice surface. There are leads from the lights to a battery storage area, and a battery is in the battery storage area. | 09-30-2010 |
Walter D. Cummings, Farmington, MN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
---|---|---|
20090288683 | ALKALINE PEROXYGEN FOOD SOIL CLEANER - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for removing soils, e.g., thermally degraded food soils, from surfaces. The cleaning compositions of the present invention can be activated using heat and/or an activator complex to generate oxygen gas in situ on and in the soil to be removed. Surfaces suitable for cleaning using the compositions and methods of the present invention include any surface that can be heated during use and/or cleaning, e.g., smokers, ovens, fryers. | 11-26-2009 |
20100317559 | HIGH ALKALINE CLEANERS, CLEANING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE FOR CLEANING ZERO TRANS FAT SOILS - The present disclosure relates to high alkaline cleaners, cleaning systems and methods for removing polymerized zero trans fat soils. The high alkaline cleaner of the present invention generally includes one or more alkaline wetting and saponifying agent(s), a chelating/sequestering system and a surface modifying-threshold agent system. In various embodiments, the cleaners may include, at least one cleaning agent comprising a surfactant or surfactant system and/or a solvent or solvent system and/or a cleaning booster such as a peroxide or sulfite type additive. The cleaners may also include one or more components to modify the composition form and/or the application method in some embodiments. All components described above may also be optimized optionally, to provide emulsification of a composition (both as a usable product or a concentrate that can be diluted to form a usable product). The use of the high alkaline cleaner of the present invention has demonstrated enhanced cleaning characteristics especially at higher temperatures (100° F. to about 200° F.) but also shows enhanced cleaning at ambient temperatures. | 12-16-2010 |
20100317560 | HIGH ALKALINE SOLVENT-BASED CLEANERS, CLEANING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE FOR CLEANING ZERO TRANS FAT SOILS - The present invention relates to high alkaline-solvent cleaners, cleaning systems and methods for removing polymerized zero trans fat soils. The high alkaline-solvent cleaner of the present invention generally includes one or more soil wetting and cleaning solvent(s) and one or more alkaline wetting and saponifying agent(s) that wets and saponifies the soil. In various embodiments, the cleaners may include, at least one cleaning agent comprising a surfactant or surfactant system and/or a at least one chelating/sequestering/threshold agent. In some embodiments, the cleaners may include one or more components to modify the composition form and/or the application method. All components described above can also be optimized optionally, to provide emulsification of a composition (both as a usable product or a concentrate that can be diluted to form a usable product). The use of the high alkaline-solvent cleaner of the present invention has demonstrated enhanced cleaning characteristics especially at ambient temperatures and showing increased cleaning with increased temperatures in comparison to other conventional cleaning techniques. | 12-16-2010 |
20130096045 | MODERATELY ALKALINE CLEANING COMPOSITIONS FOR PROTEINACEOUS AND FATTY SOIL REMOVAL AT LOW TEMPERATURES - The present invention comprises chlorinated and non-chlorinated alkaline cleaning compositions for removal of proteinaceous and fatty soils at low temperature, i.e. less than 120° F., with little or no deleterious affect on cleaning performance. According to the invention, applicants have found that adding additional alkalinity makes protein removal more difficult and reducing the amount of alkalinity actually improves performance. According to the invention optimized combinations of chlorine and alkalinity components for low temperature cleaning as well as a surfactant system optimized for low temperature fatty soil removal are disclosed. | 04-18-2013 |