3m Innovative Properties Company

Byron E Trotter

Michael F Weber

Peter J Newbould

Lloyd S Vasilakes

Sigurdur Thorsteinsson

Perry S Dotterman

Arthur V Lang

Gabriel F Zangari

Mauro Porcini

Michael J Kubes

Scott J Tuman

Shaelyn D Benson

Scott D Gullicks

Pasquale Cirulli

Craig D Thompson

Diane R Wolk

Robert J Maki

Ivana Babic

Christopher J Miller

Joy A Packard

Scott D Pearson

Christopher R Kokaisel

Michael C Molinet

Catherine A Leatherdale

James M Nelson

Martin E Broen

Johannes Bayer

Brian M Clemens

Gerald E Mueller

John M Pilgrim

Micah T Somers

Lauren K Carlson

Johannes N Gaston

Nathan A Abel

David G Freier

Douglas J VanOrnum

Thomas R Corrigan

Valentina Tronconi

Tommie W Kelley

Sandro Pizzi

Matthieu Aquino

Michele Cestone

Edwin Schaerlaeckens

Piero Santoro

Carlo D'Alesio

Gary H Paulsen

Federico Casotto

Mark W Nelson

Zoran Jedrejcic

Sandro Federico Umberto Pizzi

Nikolay Komarov

Huub Ubbens

Andrea Putaggio

Matthew W Gorrell

Daniel D Anderson

John M Simon

Dana M Vajen

Aaron J Cherveny

John W Frank

Mark D Sorlien

Todd E Bracher

Erik J Johnson

Federico Ferretti

Ning Zhou

Kayla A Hagens

Timotheos J Leahy

Steven A Beaudry

Dagmara Siemieniec

Lynn E Lorimor

Charles Allen Shaklee

Jacob J Orak

Denis Terzic

Gina M Albanese

Chris Miller

Giorgio Tusa

Shivshankar Venkataramani

Timothy L Quinn

Gilles Jean-Baptiste Benoit

Amy M Kunz

Eva Natasa

Kayo K Merritt

Katy J Polski

Eric B Laughlin

Gilles JB Benoit

A multilayer article including a film layer having a textured first surface and an opposite second surface, wherein the film layer is printable, and a nonwoven material layer bonded to the second surface of the film layer. The film layer may include a semi-crystalline polylactic acid and may be receptive to inkjet printing.

Textured printable nonwoven media

Three-layered scouring pad

A luminaire includes a light source (), and a first free-form reflector () registered with the light source () and receiving non-collimated light () from the light source (). A secondary reflector () is configured to receive the non-collimated light reflected from the first free-form reflector (). A second free-form reflector () is configured to receive the non-collimated light reflected from the secondary reflector (). A virtual source reflector () is registered with the second free-form reflector () and configured to receive the non-collimated light reflected from the second free-form reflector ().

Indirect luminaire

The disclosure generally relates to concentrating daylight collectors and in particular to concentrating daylight collectors useful for interior lighting of a building. The concentrating daylight collectors generally include a cassegrain-type concentrator section that provides for a full-tracking solar collector with one moving part and with a high efficiency of coupling of collected solar irradiation to a stationary duct. In some cases, the disclosed concentrating daylight collectors can be used more conventionally, such as for directing sunlight onto a photovoltaic cell for generation of electrical power, or an absorbing surface for extraction of thermal energy.

Off-axis cassegrain solar collector

A floor cleaning tool is disclosed. The floor cleaning tool comprises a mop head including a perimeter, a working surface and back surface, opposite the working surface. The working surface includes a contact surface and a recessed surface. The contact surface is on a portion of the working surface for making contact with the surface to be cleaned. The contact surface includes a first capturing edge and a second capturing edge. The recessed surface is on a portion of the working surface and includes a first side surface recessed from the first capturing edge of the contact surface and a second side surface recessed from the second capturing edge of the contact surface. The entire contact surface is nonlinear.

Cleaning tool

Cable suspension system

Devices for dispensing material from a deformable tube comprise a shell having a top portion and a bottom portion. The shell comprises two shell pieces, the shell defining a compartment adapted for receiving a deformable tube and having an aperture in its top portion. Each shell piece comprises a press portion having a groove surrounding the press portion and a hinge located in the bottom portion connecting the press portion to the shell piece. The inner surfaces of the press portions have pressing features configured to squeeze a deformable tube from the bottom of the tube to the top of the tube.

Device for dispensing material from a deformable tube

Floating hoop light fixture

Light fixture

Tape applicator

The present invention provides a brushing assembly and a method of cleaning a surface. In one embodiment, the brushing assembly comprises a lint roller comprising a handle and a roll of adhesive tape supported by a barrel, wherein the adhesive tape has an exposed tacky surface. The brushing assembly further comprises a caddy cover comprising an opening for placement over the barrel and roll of adhesive tape of the lint roller and at least one working surfaces. In one embodiment, the method of cleaning a surface comprises providing a lint roller, providing a caddy cover having at least one working surfaces, placing the caddy cover over the lint roller, brushing the surface to be cleaned with at least one of the working surfaces of the caddy cover to gather debris, removing the caddy cover from the lint roller, and rolling the lint roller over the surface to be cleaned to capture the debris.

Brushing assembly

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Saint Paul, MN, United States of America

Byron E Trotter