Checkpoint Systems, Inc.

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Microdose Therapeutx, Inc.

Storage Technology Corporation

Microdose Technologies, Inc.

Heatworks Technologies, Inc.

Isi Technology, LLC

John H Bowers

Anand V Gumaste

Walter J Lewicki, Jr

Robert H Dunphy, Jr

Thomas J Clare

Robert F Walsh

Gregory S Lyon

Richard Fotland

William Jameson

Anthony F Piccoli

Gary Thomas Mazoki

Lawrence C Appalucci

George A Rudeseal

Stanley Tocker

Douglas E Weitzel

Thomas J McKeown

Jeremiah M Callahan

Alan Paul Dutcher

Mark J Rankin

Wen-Liang Wu

Philip J Lizzi

James E Barzyk

Guangun Zhou

Darko Kajfez

Rade Petrovic

John Nelson Daigle

A liquid heater such as a direct electrical resistance liquid heater having multiple flow channels is provided with a temperature-sensing element in the form of a wire extending across numerous channels, preferably all of the channels, near the downstream ends of the channels. The resistance of the wire represents the average temperature of the liquid passing through all of the channels, and hence the temperature of the mixed liquid exiting from the heater. A bubble suppressing structure is provided in the vicinity of the wire.

Liquid heater with temperature control

An fluid sensor to activate and control various components of an inhalation device. The fluid sensor includes an acoustic element, such as a microphone, positioned within said inhalation device to detect fluid within the device and output signals representative of the frequency, direction and/or amplitude of the fluid. These signals control and activate an electrostatic plate and/or a high frequency vibrator.

Directional flow sensor inhaler

An inhaler is disclosed wherein medicament in a flat-bottomed container is aerosolized with a vibrator piezoelectric transducer. The transducer is driven by a signal that excites multiple harmonic frequencies to create a complex pattern of oscillations. A circuit for generating the drive signal to the transducer is also disclosed.

Method and apparatus for driving a transducer of an inhalation device

A dry powder inhaler consisting of first chamber having an orifice for holding a dry powder and a gas, and a second chamber for receiving a deaggregated form of the dry powder and for communicating the deaggregated dry powder to a user. A synthetic jet drives the dry powder from the first chamber to the second chamber.

Synthetic jet based medicament delivery method and apparatus

The Direct Electric Resistance Liquid Heater comprises a liquid heating chamber containing a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes are spaced apart to create a plurality of channels through which the liquid to be heated passes. The electrodes are each connected to a power supply by one or more switches. A controller controls the switches based upon data received from a temperature sensor, sensing the temperature of the liquid, and/or an electric current sensor, sensing the current utilized by the liquid heater. Selection of the number and spacing of the electrodes, and the number of switches, provides the controller with various current levels options to apply to the liquid to be heated. The current levels available due to the number and spacing of the electrodes and the number of switches, span the range from minimum current to maximum current such that the controller can incrementally increase or decrease the current applied to the liquid to be heated without disrupting other users of the same power source.

Direct electric resistance liquid heater

A method for depositing controlled quantity of particles on a substrate comprises providing aerosolized particles in a deposition zone having first and second electrodes, and creating an electrostatic field between the first electrode and the second electrode to create a pool of ions at the first electrode, charging particles within the deposition zone with the ions, and moving the particles towards and depositing the particles onto the substrate. In order to prevent excessive charge build up on the substrate, the electrostatic field is periodically reversed.

Method and apparatus for producing uniform small portions of fine powders and articles thereof

Uniform portions of fine powders are deposited on a substrate by electrostatic attraction in which the charge of the electric field and polarity of the charged particles are varied repeatedly to form a buildup of powder on the carrier surface.

Method for depositing particles onto a substrate using an alternating electric field

An article inventory control system for articles, such as books, uses RFID tags attached to each article. Each tag has a unique identification or serial number for identifying the individual article. An inventory database tracks all of the tagged articles and maintains circulation status information for each article. Articles are checked out of the library using a patron self-checkout system. Checked out articles are returned to the library via patron self-check in devices. The shelves are periodically scanned with a mobile RFID scanner for updating inventory status.

Inventory system using articles with RFID tags

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John H Bowers