Joseph L Novak

US Patent:

7538659, May 26, 2009

Filed:

Jun 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/768627

Inventors:

Daniel J. Ulrich - Hamilton OH, US
Matthew W. Weismiller - Batesville IN, US
Thomas E. Scott - Indianapolis IN, US
Robert J. Jennings - Annandale VA, US
Julie E. Myers - Indianapolis IN, US
Joseph H. Novak - Batesville IN, US

Assignee:

Hill-Rom Services, Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

G08B 5/22

US Classification:

34028607, 3405731, 34053912, 34053914, 3406861

Abstract:

A bed monitoring system that remotely monitors a patient bed. The bed monitoring system comprises a bed status system and a master station. The bed status system is coupled to the patient bed and is configured to monitor at least one condition of the bed, and to generate a bed message indicating the status of the monitored condition. The master station, remote from the patient bed, is operatively coupled to the bed status system to receive bed status information. The bed message can include a bed identifier, bed type identifier, patient exit detection signal, bed occupied signal, or various other status signals. The system can also include locating stations that receive the bed messages from any beds within its monitored location, and generates a station message including information from the bed messages. The master station receives the station messages and can determine the status and location of any bed.

US Patent:

20200055205, Feb 20, 2020

Filed:

Aug 15, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/541775

Inventors:

Edwin Alen Werner - Union Grove WI, US
Richard J. Tringali - Racine WI, US
Ervin Titzkowski - Mt. Pleasant WI, US
Joseph Novak - Milwaukee WI, US
Jeffrey D. Gross - Kenosha WI, US

International Classification:

B26B 19/06
B26B 19/38
B26B 19/28

Abstract:

A hair clipper or cutter is provided with an adjustment slider that adjusts the gap between an inner and outer blade. A yoke is attached to the inner blade. The adjustment slider may be configured with preset gap lengths and may be adjustable before, after, or during a hair cutting operation. A T-guide couples the adjustment slider to the inner blade to slidably move the inner blade relative to the outer blade. The yoke, inner blade, outer blade and/or T-guide may be magnetized to create an attractive or repulsive force between the inner blade and the outer blade. In some embodiments, the yoke is not metallic. The magnetized yoke may be a non-conductive magnet carrier (e.g., plastic) or conductive material (e.g., ferromagnetic).