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Brian Durant, Kennesaw, GA US
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| 20100084418 | CUTLERY UTENSIL DISPENSER - A cutlery utensil dispenser having at least one utensil compartment and a dispensing mechanism is disclosed. Each utensil compartment is so dimensioned and configured to house a stack of utensils. The dispensing mechanism includes a drive member in operable communication with at least one driven member, each driven member being associated with a respective one of the compartments. Actuation of the drive member causes simultaneous actuation of each driven member that causes a utensil to be dispensed from each compartment in repeatable succession one at a time. Also disclosed is a cutlery utensil dispenser having an electric motor in operable communication with the dispensing mechanism, and a controller in operable communication with the motor. The controller includes a processing circuit responsive to computer executable instructions which when executed on the processing circuit facilitates dispensing of a utensil from the utensil compartment by operation of the motor on command. | 04-08-2010 |
Brian M. Durant, Kennesaw, GA US
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| 20110226797 | Cutlery Utensil Dispenser - A cutlery utensil dispenser has a housing that includes a first zone for holding a utensil to be dispensed, a second zone for receiving the utensil during dispensing, and a third zone for delivering the dispensed utensil to a user. The first, second and third zones are cooperatively configured and adapted to maintain, and present to the user, one end of the utensil ahead of an opposing end of the utensil during a dispensing operation. | 09-22-2011 |
David Durant, Colorado Springs, CO US
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| 20100223476 | SINGLE PIN COMMUNICATION MECHANISM - A method and device include a power pin, a ground pin, and a communications pin. A communications module receives power from the power pin and utilizes an edge counting communication protocol over the communication pin. | 09-02-2010 |
David L. Durant, Anderson, IN US
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| 20090320644 | Torque Limiter for Engine Starter - An engine starter comprises a housing with a planetary gear arrangement provided within the housing. The planetary gear arrangement includes a ring gear configured to pivot about an axis. The ring gear includes a face oriented substantially perpendicular to the axis, the face including a plurality of detents provided as a plurality of ribs and a plurality of depressions on the face. A torque limiter is positioned adjacent to the face of the ring gear within the housing of the engine starter. The torque limiter includes a plurality of projecting members engaging the plurality of detents on the ring gear when the ring gear pivots about the axis. The torque limiter is provided as a plate including a central hole, a body portion, and a perimeter portion. The plurality of projecting members comprise a plurality of spring fingers extending from the body portion at an angle. | 12-31-2009 |
Donald G. Durant, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20090000646 | Paint Roller Cover Cleaning Device and Method - A new and useful device and method for cleaning a paint roller cover is provided. A paint roller frame has a longitudinal axis, and is supported in a manner such that the frame can spin freely about its longitudinal axis. A paint roller cover is placed on the roller frame, so that the paint roller cover extends about the longitudinal axis of the frame, and can spin with the frame about the longitudinal axis, thereby forming a frame/paint roller cover assembly that has the same longitudinal axis as the frame. A manifold is adapted to be connected to a source of cleaning fluid (e.g. water), and an array of no more than three spray nozzles are supported by the manifold. The array of spray nozzles | 01-01-2009 |
Eric Durant, Milwaukee, WI US
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| 20110055120 | GENETIC ALGORITHMS WITH ROBUST RANK ESTIMATION FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES - Disclosed herein, among other things, is a method for fitting a hearing assistance device for a user using a genetic algorithm. Stimulus pairs are presented to the user using a computer, the stimulus pairs adapted to provide contrasting options for selection from a set of stimuli stored in the computer. Inputs are received from the user entered into the computer, including preference judgments of the user. A score is calculated for each stimulus of the pair using the computer to execute a rank agreement function to maximize agreement between scores and the preference judgments. A set of genes is selected based on the scores, where the set of genes correspond to hearing assistance device parameters. The set of genes is operated on with a genetic algorithm using the assigned scores to obtain a child set of genes. The child set is used to provide parameter values during fitting. | 03-03-2011 |
Eric A. Durant, Milwaukee, WI US
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| 20100172524 | HEARING AIDS AND METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO FITTING THEREOF - A field ready, unsupervised-use ready, method and apparatus for audio fitting a hearing aid is described in a hand held configuration having paired comparisons (hearing selections) stored in and derivable from a memory therein. The paired comparisons are presented one at a time to a user and a preferred selection for each paired comparison is made by a select indicator after the user toggles back and forth between the selections for as many times necessary in determining their preferences. A genetic algorithm converges all the preferences upon a single solution. Crossover and mutation genetic algorithm operators operate on a linear range of indexes representative of parametric values of the pairs. A fully integrated hearing aid having all the above described features incorporated therein is also presented. | 07-08-2010 |
James F. Durant, Windsor, CT US
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| 20080223267 | DIRECT SORBENT PREPARATION/FEED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED BOILER SYSTEMS - A sorbent conditioning and feed apparatus for a circulating fluidized bed combustion system includes a dryer apparatus configured to dry unprocessed sorbent material transported thereto from a raw storage container; a sorbent crushing device configured to reduce the particle size of dried sorbent material discharged from the dryer apparatus; and a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler configured to receive processed sorbent material conveyed from the sorbent crushing device; wherein the dryer apparatus utilizes an untempered hot air source diverted directly from a primary air stream input to the circulating fluidized bed boiler. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090199919 | INJECTION OF LIQUID SORBENT CONDITIONING INTO A SORBENT TRANSPORTING PASSAGEWAY - A system for effecting the pretreatment therewith of a sorbent comprising a conveying line ( | 08-13-2009 |
John Durant, Duvall, WA US
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| 20080256555 | DEVELOPING CONTROLS FOR OUTLOOK ADD-INS - The forms hosting system allows a developer to design custom Outlook form regions containing standard and custom managed controls using popular development tools. The forms hosting system provides a runtime wrapper that appears to Outlook as a normal ActiveX control. When Outlook invokes the runtime wrapper control, the runtime wrapper control loads the managed controls defined by the developer. The runtime wrapper control translates messages received from Outlook into messages understood by the managed controls. | 10-16-2008 |
John R. Durant, Duvall, WA US
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| 20080320146 | Establishing interaction between a process and a server process - A method for establishing interaction between a process and a server process. In one implementation, a request may be sent to a server. The request may have a pointer and a registration for an object. The object may be designated to receive responses from the server. The object may receive the pointer and an indication that the server has instantiated a server process. The process may then interact with the server process. | 12-25-2008 |
Kevin Durant, San Francisco, CA US
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| 20090216083 | Systems and Methods for Articulating an Elongate Body - Systems and methods for articulating an elongate articulatable body which is adapted to be delivered within a body cavity. Particularly, systems and methods for enhancing an articulating force on the elongate body without increasing an actuation force applied by an actuator. | 08-27-2009 |
Ronald D. Durant, Tucson, AZ US
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| 20090000646 | Paint Roller Cover Cleaning Device and Method - A new and useful device and method for cleaning a paint roller cover is provided. A paint roller frame has a longitudinal axis, and is supported in a manner such that the frame can spin freely about its longitudinal axis. A paint roller cover is placed on the roller frame, so that the paint roller cover extends about the longitudinal axis of the frame, and can spin with the frame about the longitudinal axis, thereby forming a frame/paint roller cover assembly that has the same longitudinal axis as the frame. A manifold is adapted to be connected to a source of cleaning fluid (e.g. water), and an array of no more than three spray nozzles are supported by the manifold. The array of spray nozzles | 01-01-2009 |
Tony Alan Durant, Mckinney, TX US
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| 20100133460 | Valve Seat Apparatus Having Positive Retention for Use with Fluid Control Devices - Valve seat apparatus having positive retention for use with fluid control devices are described herein. An example valve seat apparatus includes a metallic ring and an elastomeric ring coupled to the metallic ring and having a sealing surface to sealingly engage a flow control member of the fluid control device. At least a portion of an outer surface of the elastomeric ring includes an annular lip to sealingly engage an annular recess of a body of the fluid control device. | 06-03-2010 |
William J. Durant, San Antonio, TX US
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| 20080267076 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and apparatus for maintaining a communication system is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in a maintenance server of a communication system, comprising computer instructions for monitoring for installed components in interconnected Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks of the communication system based at least in part on provisioning records for each of the interconnected DSL networks, filtering telemetry and maintenance data associated with the installed components in the interconnected DSL networks according to criteria comprising actual criteria and predictive criteria, monitoring for a fault in the installed components based at least in part on the telemetry and maintenance data associated with the actual criteria, and predicting a potential fault in the installed components based at least in part on the telemetry and maintenance data associated with the predictive criteria. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 10-30-2008 |
Yvon Durant, Lee, NH US
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| 20090286947 | POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID POLYMERS - The present invention relates to methods and polymers based upon vinyl type monomers that contain pendant carboxylic acid groups and ester group functionality. The polymers may be prepared under selected conditions of partial neutralization to provide relatively high conversions and/or relatively high values of molecular weight and/or selected amounts of repeating unit tacticity. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100016153 | Absorbing Materials Containing Polycarboxylic Acid Polymers - The present invention relates to methods of forming absorbent materials and polymers used in absorbent materials, which are based upon vinyl type monomers that contain pendant carboxylic acid groups and ester group functionality. The polymers may be prepared under selected conditions of partial neutralization to provide relatively high conversions and/or relatively high values of molecular weight and/or selected amounts of repeating unit tacticity. The polymers may then be used in absorbing materials. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100022436 | Detergents Containing Polycarboxylic Acid Polymers - The present invention relates to methods and polymers based upon vinyl type monomers that contain pendant carboxylic acid groups and ester group functionality. The polymers may be prepared under selected conditions of partial neutralization to provide relatively high conversions and/or relatively high values of molecular weight and/or selected amounts of repeating unit tacticity. The polymers may then be used in detergent formulations. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20110144265 | Emulsion Polymerization Of Esters Of Itaconic Acid - Esters of itaconic acid are polymerized in aqueous medium in the presence of seed particles. The seed particles may absorb the monomer and provide for polymerization to a desired particle size. The polymers that are produced may be employed in adhesives, paints, and paper formulations. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110166310 | Polycarboxylic Acid Polymers - The present invention relates to methods and polymers based upon vinyl type monomers that contain pendant carboxylic acid groups and ester group functionality. The polymers may be prepared under selected conditions of partial neutralization to provide relatively high conversions and/or relatively high values of molecular weight and/or selected amounts of repeating unit tacticity. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110224393 | REGULATED AND CONTINUOUS POLYMERIZATION OF POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID POLYMERS - The present invention relates to methods and polymers based upon vinyl type monomers that contain pendant carboxylic acid groups and ester group functionality. The polymerization methods include regulation of heat flow such that parameters of monomer conversion, acid functionality, molecular weight, tacticity and/or copolymer composition may be adjusted to selected levels for a selected application. | 09-15-2011 |