Richmond, IL
Dorothy Richmond, La Grange Park, IL US
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20150360151 | PROCESS FOR REMOVING CATALYST FINES FROM A LIQUID STREAM FROM A FIXED BED REACTOR - A process for filtering a liquid stream from a fixed bed reaction zone in order to remove catalyst fines contained in the stream. The effluent stream is passed to a filtering section which may contain at least two filtering vessels. Each filtering vessel includes at least two differently filtering sections, each section designed to collect differently sized particles. If a pressure drop occurs in one of the filtering vessels, it may be taken offline to remove the filtering sections and recover the metal in the particles collected on the filtering sections. The other filtering vessel can remain online to allow the filtering process to be continuous. Metal on the catalyst fines may be recovered. | 12-17-2015 |
Dorothy M. Richmond, La Grange Park, IL US
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20140323788 | PROCESS FOR MODIFYING AN APPARATUS AND FOR REMOVING ONE OR MORE CONTAMINANTS - One exemplary embodiment can be a process for modifying an apparatus. The apparatus can include adding an adsorption zone upstream of a hydrocracking zone and a downstream of a vacuum distillation zone to adsorb polynuclear aromatic compounds originating from a feed provided to the vacuum distillation zone. | 10-30-2014 |
Frank M. Richmond, Harvard, IL US
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20080308166 | Connector/Device with Reflux Valves - The present invention provides a device which includes reflux valves in combination with components such that a fluid flow occurs when connections are made and stops when disconnected. | 12-18-2008 |
20090187158 | CONVERSION DEVICE - A conversion device is provided that is effective for converting/adapting a spiked medical device/disposable to a valve/port on a container, such as for example a reflux-valve port on a container. The conversion device includes an attachment feature, at least one membrane port usually on an end opposite the attachment feature, and an intermediate structure disposed between the attachment feature and membrane port. | 07-23-2009 |
20100269932 | Resealable Components And Systems - The present invention relates to easy to use, cost-effective, resealable components and systems. A disposable device is provided that includes at least one valve that flows in at least one direction, an intermediate structure, and at least one reflux valve. The at least one valve that flows in at least one direction is on a proximal end of the intermediate structure and the at least one reflux valve is on a distal end of the intermediate structure | 10-28-2010 |
20110265423 | Device And Method For Installing Building Material - The present invention provide an apparatus, devices and/or systems for the installation of building material which allows one individual on his own to install building material. The device includes at least one resting surface spaced apart from a fastener. | 11-03-2011 |
James Richmond, Chicago, IL US
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20110130914 | MONITORING FOR EQUIPMENT EFFICIENCY AND MAINTENANCE - A system and method for monitoring fuel efficiency of a vehicle is provided. Fuel efficiency of a vehicle may be monitored in real-time using telemetry transmitted from the vehicle. The telemetry may be analyzed in combination with a fuel efficiency model in order to determine whether the real-time fuel efficiency determination deviates from a baseline fuel efficiency. The real-time fuel efficiency monitoring system and method may be used for feedback for the driver, such as sending real-time messages to the driver to modify operation of the vehicle to increase fuel efficiency. The fuel efficiency model may further be used to assign vehicles in a fleet to particular routes, vehicles to particular drivers, or vehicles to particular routes with particular drivers. | 06-02-2011 |
Mark A. Richmond, Woodridge, IL US
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20120120951 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PATH SELECTION IN A PACKET NETWORK - Embodiments including methods, systems, and apparatuses for distributing, processing, and reacting to path information distributed via a service-agnostic packet fabric for the purpose of enabling path selection are disclosed. By configuring two ingress line cards to send path quality words to each other via the switch fabric, compare the path quality words, and determine whether to transmit traffic to an egress line card via the switch fabric based on the comparison of the path quality words, the embodiments enable a central switch fabric to be unaware of the paths that it carries, and enable both ingress and egress bandwidth of the switch fabric to be sized according to the facilities for which it is terminating. The switch fabric does not need to support working and protection paths simultaneously in some embodiments, allowing it to be scaled appropriately to termination facilities. | 05-17-2012 |
Mark A. Richmond, Downers Grove, IL US
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20130094370 | Methods and Apparatus for Selecting the Better Cell From Redundant Streams Within A Cell-Oriented Environment. - The specification discloses methods and apparatus for selecting the better of two or more copies of a cell in a cell-oriented redundant switching system connected to an external communications network. In the preferred embodiment, the best cell copy selection aligns redundantly transmitted cell streams before selecting cells for insertion in the data stream. Because the streams are aligned before the selection is made, the best cell copy selector compares each cell at the same instant in time, rather than basing its selection on past events. | 04-18-2013 |
Patricia Richmond, Mount Zion, IL US
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20100074997 | Starch Based Fat-Replacer by Crystallization of Enzyme Modified Starch and High-Pressure Shearing - We disclose a composition comprising greater than about 95% d.s.b. of a starch comprising short chain amylose having an average degree of polymerization (DP) from about 20 to about 150, wherein an aqueous slurry comprising about 20% d.s.b. of the composition has a minimum yield stress of at least 400 Pa. We also disclose a method of preparing the composition comprising contacting a starch paste with a 4-α-glucanotransferase, to yield a chain-extended starch; contacting the chain-extended starch with a debranching enzyme, to yield a debranched starch; crystallizing the debranched starch, to yield a crystallized debranched starch; and shearing the crystallized debranched starch, to yield the composition. We also disclose a food formulation comprising a foodstuff and the composition. | 03-25-2010 |
Patricia A. Richmond, Mount Zion, IL US
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20080220482 | Production of Crystalline Short Chain Amylose - A process for producing a starch comprises treating a feed starch that comprises amylopectin with glucanotransferase to produce a chain-extended starch, and treating the chain-extended starch with a debranching enzyme to produce a starch product that comprises amylose fragments. At least about 38% by weight of the amylose fragments have a degree of polymerization (DP) of at least about 35. | 09-11-2008 |
20080286410 | Production of Resistant Starch Product - A process for producing a starch comprises treating a feed starch that comprises amylopectin with glucanotransferase to produce a chain-extended starch, treating the chain-extended starch with a debranching enzyme to produce a starch product that comprises amylose fragments, crystallizing at least part of the starch product, heating the starch product in the presence of moisture, treating the starch product with alpha-amylase, and washing the starch product to remove at least some non-crystallized starch. The product of this process has a relatively high total dietary fiber content. | 11-20-2008 |
20100221406 | Production of Crystalline Short Chain Amylose - A process for producing a starch comprises treating a feed starch that comprises amylopectin with glucanotransferase to produce a chain-extended starch, and treating the chain-extended starch with a debranching enzyme to produce a starch product that comprises amylose fragments. At least about 38% by weight of the amylose fragments have a degree of polymerization (DP) of at least about 35. | 09-02-2010 |
20100252031 | Enzyme-Resistant Starch and Method for Its Production - A process for producing an enzyme-resistant starch uses an aqueous feed composition that comprises (i) starch that contains at least about 50% by weight amylose, (ii) water, and (iii) alcohol. The concentration of starch in the feed composition is between about 5% and about 50% by weight, and the pH of the feed composition is between about 3.5 and about 6.5. In a first heating step, the feed composition is heated to a temperature between about 130-170° C. for about 0.1-3.0 hours. The feed composition is cooled to a temperature between about 4-70° C. for about 0.1-6.0 hours. In a second heating step, the feed composition is heated to a temperature between about 110-150° C. for about 0.1-10.0 hours. The starch is separated from the majority of the water and alcohol and is dried. | 10-07-2010 |
Robert E. Richmond, Metamora, IL US
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20080258896 | System for improving back end visibility and machine using same - A machine includes a back end vision improvement system comprising a camera mounted for viewing an area behind a back end of the machine and a monitor mounted in an operator control station. The monitor includes a display having an initial display layout. The machine also includes an electronic control module (ECM) configured to sense a reverse position of a directional controller of the machine and change the display in response to the reverse position. The machine may also include a wiper system including a front wiper and a rear wiper. The ECM may be further configured to sense an activation of the front wiper and activate the rear wiper in response to the reverse position and the activation of the front wiper. | 10-23-2008 |
Shaun Richmond, Frankfort, IL US
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20080302266 | Temperature Controlled Railway Car Support Post - A railcar system includes a plurality of railcar walls and a plurality of railcar support posts each coupled to at least one of the plurality of walls. Each of the plurality of support posts comprises a web portion comprising a non-metallic material and a plurality of flange portions coupled to the web portion, the flange portions comprising a metallic material. | 12-11-2008 |
Shaun A. Richmond, Frankfort, IL US
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20120043292 | Draft Sill With Special Rear Draft Lug For A Railcar - A draft sill with special rear draft lug for a railcar is disclosed. In some embodiments, a rear draft lug comprises a metallic body. The rear draft lug further comprises a boss extending along a transverse portion of the metallic body. The boss is configured to be coupled to a first vertical reinforcement plate. The rear draft lug also comprises an overhang portion extending from the boss along the transverse portion. The overhang portion configured to be coupled to the first vertical reinforcement plate. In some embodiments, the boss and the overhang portion are configured to be coupled to the first vertical reinforcement plate with a weld. | 02-23-2012 |