Price, MN
Bradley J. Price, Rochester, MN US
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20100108792 | BLOCK DRESSING MACHINE - A machine for dressing externally viewable surfaces of a building block. The machine includes transport section and a block modifying section. The transport section engages a building block and the block modifying section dresses the viewable surfaces of the block. The transport section and the block modifying section are moved in a linear direction, relative to each other. The block modifying section is able to dress an entire viewable surface of a block or selected portions of a block. The block modifying section includes block modifier units that have different operational characteristics and motions. One block modifier unit operates in a reciprocating fashion and another block modifier unit operates in a rotary fashion. The different block modifier units are used on different viewable surfaces of a block and may be used alone or in conjunction with each other to produce building blocks having differently dressed viewable surfaces. | 05-06-2010 |
Brian A. Price, Rochester, MN US
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20100284751 | Wall Block With Barrier Member - A retaining wall block can include a top surface and opposing bottom surface, a front surface and opposing rear surface, and first and second opposing side surfaces. A projection can extend downwardly from the bottom surface and can include a forwardly facing indexing surface oriented generally parallel with the front surface of the block. The indexing surface can be configured to engage a rearwardly facing surface of a block in a lower course of blocks. The block can also include a pair of spaced apart key slots defined in the rear surface. Each key slot can include an enlarged interlocking portion and a throat portion extending from the interlocking portion to the rear surface. An assembly can be created whereby a pair of correspondingly shaped keys of an elongate barrier member are engaged with key slots of block so as to inhibit rearward horizontal displacement of the keys within the key slots. Elongate barrier member can include a body presenting an inner surface and an outer surface and a pair of opposing ends, each opposing end defined one of the keys. The inner surface of the barrier member and the rear surface of the block can together define a core region for receiving fill material. | 11-11-2010 |
20130263841 | Fire Pit Shipping and Packaging Systems and Methods - A fire-pit assembly kit includes a fire-pit insert packaged with a plurality of blocks arranged around the fire-pit insert. A method of transporting the kit includes placing the kit on a pallet and moving the pallet from a first location to a second location. A method of preparing the kits for delivery includes assembling multiple kits on multiple pallets and stacking the pallets. | 10-10-2013 |
Charles Turner Price, Winter Park, MN US
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20130023810 | INFANT HIP JOINT POSITIONING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A device and method are provided for positioning an infant's hips, and for maintaining the hip joint in a physiological position, during early months of life. The hip-positioning device includes a flexible base having a pair of opposed, outwardly extending side portions. The side portions are dimensioned for supporting thighs of an infant at an acute angle greater than zero relative to a dorsal plane of the infant, with knees of the infant in a flexed position. The base further has a downwardly extending, generally central portion that is adapted for positioning between the infant thighs and dimensioned for retaining the infant thighs in an abducted position. The device additionally includes an element for retaining the base on the infant. | 01-24-2013 |
Chris Edward Price, Rochester, MN US
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20130263841 | Fire Pit Shipping and Packaging Systems and Methods - A fire-pit assembly kit includes a fire-pit insert packaged with a plurality of blocks arranged around the fire-pit insert. A method of transporting the kit includes placing the kit on a pallet and moving the pallet from a first location to a second location. A method of preparing the kits for delivery includes assembling multiple kits on multiple pallets and stacking the pallets. | 10-10-2013 |
Dale Price, Coon Rapids, MN US
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20100094225 | SLITTABLE DELIVERY DEVICE FOR THE DELIVERY OF A CARDIAC SURGICAL DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a slittable delivery device for the delivery of a cardiac surgical device. The delivery device includes a hub and a shaft integrated into the hub. The shaft forms at least a segment of the circumferential surface of the hub. The delivery device may also include a hemostasis valve contained substantially within the hub and a cap on a proximal end of the hub. The cap may include an opening in the cap extending radially outward from a point near a radial center of the cap through a circumferential edge of the cap. | 04-15-2010 |
20100094226 | SLITTABLE DELIVERY DEVICE ASSEMBLY FOR THE DELIVERY OF A CARDIAC SURGICAL DEVICE - An assembly for the delivery of a cardiac surgical device is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the assembly includes a slittable delivery device and a bypass assembly. The slittable delivery device may include a hub, a shaft integrated into the hub and forming at least a segment of the circumferential surface of the hub, and a hemostasis valve contained substantially within the hub. The bypass assembly may include a cap and a valve bypass tool. The cap may be on a proximal end of the hub and may include an opening in the cap extending radially outward from a point near a radial center of the cap through a circumferential edge of the cap. The valve bypass tool may be operably coupled to the cap and may include a longitudinally extending open channel. | 04-15-2010 |
Daniel L. Price, Bloomington, MN US
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20120017618 | ENGINE STARTER PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - An engine starter system that predicts when starter failure is imminent. The engine starter system monitors engine starter crank speed, battery voltage and ambient air temperature. The crank speed, battery voltage and ambient air temperature are communicated to a controller which compares the crank speed for the measured battery voltage and air temperature to a predicted crank speed for the measured battery voltage and air temperature. If the crank speed is lower than the predicted crank speed, a signal is sent to an alarm. | 01-26-2012 |
20130263612 | REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - A horizontal suction accumulator generally includes a tank, an inlet tube, and an outlet tube. The tank extends in a horizontal direction and is configured to receive a refrigerant. The refrigerant includes a vapor and a liquid. The tank stores the liquid refrigerant and discharges the vapor refrigerant. The inlet tube supplies into the tank an inlet stream that includes the liquid and vapor refrigerants. The inlet tube extends into the tank and is bent upward at an acute angle. The liquid refrigerant is stored in the tank. The vapor refrigerant is discharged through the outlet tube, which extends offset from the inlet tube and into the tank. The inlet tube defines an inlet opening positioned at a first elevation, the outlet tube defines an outlet opening positioned at a second elevation, and the first and second elevations are substantially the same. | 10-10-2013 |
Daniel Lee Price, Bloomington, MN US
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20150338142 | COMPRESSOR LOW COST OIL FILTER - An internal oil filter is installed at least partially inside a crankcase and/or an oil sump of a compressor. The internal oil filter can receive oil from an oil pressure regulator and filter the oil via filter media. The received oil radially penetrates through the filter media and flow directly into the oil sump from an outside surface of the filter media. This can eliminate the need of fluid lines connecting an outlet of an oil filter to the oil sump and any sealing mechanism therebetween. | 11-26-2015 |
James K. Price, Excelsior, MN US
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20150098151 | MAGNETIC READ HEAD WITH SEPARATELY ADDRESSABLE READ TRANSDUCERS - A read head with at least two separately addressable read transducers that are coplanar in a cross track direction. The read transducers have a cross track width, w | 04-09-2015 |
20150098152 | ELECTRICALLY INSULATING MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR A READ HEAD - An apparatus such as a magnetic recording head with at least two separately addressable read transducers that are coplanar in a cross track direction. The apparatus includes first coplanar electrical contacts respectively disposed on and in electrical contact with first surfaces of the at least two read transducers and an electrically insulating magnetic material disposed between the electrical contacts. | 04-09-2015 |
James Keith Price, Excelsior, MN US
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20100187120 | DIRECT ELECTRODEPOSITION OF MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD FEATURES - A method is described for forming a magnetic recording head substrate. The method includes utilizing a metal feature on the magnetic recording head substrate as a grounding path. The magnetic recording head substrate is submerged in a solution containing ions of a second material, and the ions of the second material are electrodeposited on the magnetic recording head substrate. | 07-29-2010 |
James Myron Price, Moundsview, MN US
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20100263320 | Architectural Molding Longitudinal Groove - The architectural molding longitudinal groove ( | 10-21-2010 |
Lew Price, Burnsville, MN US
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20140279126 | PRODUCT MANAGEMENT USING ELECTRONIC PRICE LABELS - A method is provided for managing item placement in a store. A count of electronic price labels (EPLs) is sent, by a processor, to a handheld device indicating a quantity of EPLs needed in a select portion of a planogram. An EPL identifier is received, by the processor, from the handheld device for each of the quantity of EPLs equal to the count. An item in the portion of the planogram is linked, by the processor, to each EPL. Placement information is sent, by the processor, to each electronic price label. The placement information corresponds with the linked item and is configured to be rendered on a display of each EPL. | 09-18-2014 |
Peter E. Price, S. Minneapolis, MN US
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20120021134 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR COATING WITH REDUCED DEFECTS - A process and apparatus for producing a polymer coating with reduced defects is described. The process includes coating a solution of a polymerizable material and a solvent on a substrate, polymerizing a portion of the polymerizable material, and removing a major portion of the solvent after polymerization of the portion of polymerizable material. A further polymerization of any remaining polymerizable material can occur after removal of the solvent. The apparatus includes a webline for conveying a substrate from an unwind roll to a windup roll, a coating section proximate the unwind roll for coating a solution of a polymerizable material and a solvent on the substrate, a polymerization section downweb from the coating section for polymerizing a portion of the polymerizable material, and a solvent removal section downweb from the polymerization section for removing the solvent after polymerization of the portion of the polymerizable material. | 01-26-2012 |
Ralph David Price, Eden Prairie, MN US
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20150337964 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTENDING THE LIFESPAN OF A SHAFT SEAL FOR AN OPEN-DRIVE COMPRESSOR - A device and method for extending the lifespan of a shaft seal for an open-drive compressor is provided. The device and method can also reduce and/or prevent deterioration of the shaft seal regardless of the operation condition of the open-drive compressor. The device and method can further reduce and/or prevent leakage of a lubricant and/or refrigerant that can cause deterioration of components within a transport refrigeration unit (TRU). | 11-26-2015 |
Raymond R. Price, Rochester, MN US
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20080276922 | Block Dressing Apparatus and Method - An apparatus and method for dressing marginal areas of externally viewable surfaces of a building block. The apparatus includes at least one chipper having rotational axis and a plurality of outwardly extending teeth randomly disposed thereabout. The chipper is positioned and oriented so that its teeth may effectively work a predetermined marginal area of interest. As the predetermined marginal area of interest and the teeth of the chipper are brought into contact with each other, portions of the marginal area are randomly impacted and fractured to form an erose or jagged surface that resembles hand dressing. The apparatus may also include additional chippers, each having a rotational axis and a plurality of teeth randomly disposed thereabout. | 11-13-2008 |
Todd Price, Chanhassen, MN US
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20130219470 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATION OF BUSINESS APPLICATIONS WITH ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Various arrangements for managing access to unstructured data are presented. A plurality of access requests may be received from a plurality of remote computer systems to a plurality of business entities stored by a content management server. In response to receiving a request for access to a business entity of the plurality of business entities stored by a content management server from a remote computer system, an identifier request may be transmitted to the content management server. A response from the content management server may be received in response to the identifier request. A resource locator that comprises the identifier may be created. The resource locator may be transmitted to the remote computer system for use in accessing the business entity. | 08-22-2013 |
20150120672 | UOA MIGRATION - Systems and methods are disclosed for a migration tool that rapidly transfers metadata between a source content archive and a target content archive. In one aspect, the rapid transfer is facilitated by customizable multithreading that includes the ability to suspend and/or resume migration. In a further aspect, migration between the source content archive and the target content archive is facilitated by allowing at least metadata associated with content stored in the source archive to be transferred between the systems. An external data storage component is provided that allows applications to access the target system using the migrated metadata while also providing access to associated content stored in other locations. Therefore, the actual content in the original source archive may be eventually migrated to the target system while applications are provided seamless access. | 04-30-2015 |
Trail Price, Jackson, MN US
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20100121539 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING THE ENGINE SPEED OF AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES - An engine speed control system for an agricultural vehicle includes a variable throttle controller, a mode selector, and a control device. The variable throttle control permits an operator to select a variably adjustable engine speed and the mode selector permits the operator to select between a plurality of pre-set engine speeds. The control device receives output signals from the throttle controller, generates engine speed commands, and delivers the commands to an engine controller for controlling the speed of the agricultural vehicle's engine. The control device is operable to generate a first engine speed command associated with one of the pre-set engine speeds when an operator activates the mode selector and to temporarily or permanently override the first engine speed command with a second engine speed command associated with the throttle controller when the operator activates the throttle controller. | 05-13-2010 |
20100123413 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING THE ACTIVATION OF AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE LIGHTING - An agricultural vehicle lighting system includes a plurality of HID lamps and a lighting controller. The HID lamps are configured to be mounted to the agricultural vehicle and powered by an existing electrical circuit of the agricultural vehicle. The lighting controller controls activation of the lamps and is configured to initially activate a first set of the lamps and to subsequently activate a second set of the lamps once it determines that the electrical circuit has the capacity to safely handle both the first and second sets of the lamps. The lighting controller may determine that the electrical circuit has sufficient capacity by determining when current drawn from the first set of the lamps drops below a threshold current level. Alternatively, the lighting controller may determine that the electrical circuit has sufficient capacity by delaying activation of the second set of the lamps for a time period corresponding to a current decay characteristic of the lamps. | 05-20-2010 |
20120078474 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING AND CANCELLING THE ENGINE SPEED OF AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES - An engine speed control system for an agricultural vehicle includes a variable throttle controller, a mode selector, and a control device. The variable throttle control permits an operator to select a variably adjustable engine speed and the mode selector permits the operator to select between a plurality of pre-set engine speeds. The control device receives output signals from the throttle controller, generates engine speed commands, and delivers the commands to an engine controller for controlling the speed of the agricultural vehicle's engine. The control device is operable to generate a first engine speed command associated with one of the pre-set engine speeds when an operator activates the mode selector and to temporarily or permanently override the first engine speed command with a second engine speed command associated with the throttle controller when the operator activates the throttle controller. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078490 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING THE ENGINE SPEED OF AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES FOR INCREASING ENGINE SPEEDS - An engine speed control system for an agricultural vehicle includes a variable throttle controller, a mode selector, and a control device. The variable throttle control permits an operator to select a variably adjustable engine speed and the mode selector permits the operator to select between a plurality of pre-set engine speeds. The control device receives output signals from the throttle controller, generates engine speed commands, and delivers the commands to an engine controller for controlling the speed of the agricultural vehicle's engine. The control device is operable to generate a first engine speed command associated with one of the pre-set engine speeds when an operator activates the mode selector and to temporarily or permanently override the first engine speed command with a second engine speed command associated with the throttle controller when the operator activates the throttle controller. | 03-29-2012 |
20130173116 | AUTOMATIC TRANSITION CONTROL OF HITCH MODES - In one embodiment, a control method for a multi-mode steerable 3-point hitch coupled to a work machine, the hitch comprising a pivotal hitch frame and a hitch support structure affixed to a chassis of the work machine, the hitch frame coupled to first and second draft arms and the hitch support structure coupled to a pair of steering cylinders that are coupled to the hitch frame, the control method comprising: receiving a signal corresponding to one or more parameters; and responsive to the one or more parameters reaching or exceeding a respective threshold value, automatically causing the plural steering cylinders to switch between the non-articulated mode and the multi-mode, the multi-mode including articulation and draft sway motion of the hitch. | 07-04-2013 |