Robert Donald Norton

US Patent:

7044335, May 16, 2006

Filed:

May 14, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/846986

Inventors:

Carlos J. Aguirre - Woodland Hills CA, US
Robert M. Norton - Parker CO, US
Chris Pearson, III - Parker CO, US
Bobby Joe Stephens - Birmingham AL, US

Assignee:

SIP Systems LLC - Parker CO

International Classification:

B67D 5/56

US Classification:

2221291, 2221466, 222608, 62389

Abstract:

A self-contained beverage dispensing apparatus, which is adapted for commercial and/or home use as an alternative to traditional canned beverage service, is provided. In one embodiment, the beverage dispensing apparatus is highly portable and of sufficient dimension to be positioned on a conventional airline beverage cart and stored in an aircraft's cargo storage compartment. In one embodiment, the beverage dispensing apparatus can be selectively locked and secured with a mechanism that will indicate whether any pre-flight tampering has occurred. In one embodiment, the beverage dispensing apparatus is further comprised of at least one beverage dispensing mechanism that can be extended from within the housing for use and later retracted for storage. In one embodiment, the beverage dispensing apparatus can be used with beverage containers with mouths of varying sizes.

US Patent:

20060207997, Sep 21, 2006

Filed:

Dec 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/314965

Inventors:

Carlos Aguirre - Woodland Hills CA, US
Robert Norton - Parker CO, US
Chris Pearson - Parker CO, US
Bobby Stephens - Birmingham AL, US

International Classification:

G01F 11/00
B67D 5/56
B60P 3/22
B67B 7/00

US Classification:

222001000, 222129100, 222608000

Abstract:

A self-contained beverage dispensing apparatus, which is adapted for commercial and/or home use as an alternative to traditional canned beverage service, is provided. In one embodiment, the beverage dispensing apparatus is highly portable and of sufficient dimension to be positioned on a conventional airline beverage cart and stored in an aircraft's cargo storage compartment. In one embodiment, the beverage dispensing apparatus can be selectively locked and secured with a mechanism that will indicate whether any pre-flight tampering has occurred. In one embodiment, the beverage dispensing apparatus is further comprised of at least one beverage dispensing mechanism that can be extended from within the housing for use and later retracted for storage. In one embodiment, the beverage dispensing apparatus can be used with beverage containers with mouths of varying sizes.

US Patent:

20070277114, Nov 29, 2007

Filed:

Mar 9, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/684039

Inventors:

Robert S. Mudge - Maitland FL, US
Robert J. Norton - Orlando FL, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715766

Abstract:

Commercially available applications which display information via a graphical user's interface can be supplemented with additional related information. The related information can be automatically extracted and overlaid on the information with the assistance of a pre-established ontology.

US Patent:

42783518, Jul 14, 1981

Filed:

May 9, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/037560

Inventors:

James B. Breckinridge - La Canada CA
Robert H. Norton - La Canada CA
Rudolf A. Schindler - Sierra Madre CA
Robert A. Frosch

International Classification:

G01B 902

US Classification:

356345

Abstract:

A high resolution interferometer is provided which is insensitive to slight misalignment of its elements, avoids channeling in the spectrum, generates a maximum equal path fringe contrast, produces an even two-sided interferogram without critical matching of the wedge angles of the beamsplitter and compensator wedges, and is optically phase tunable. The interferometer includes a mirror along the path of each beam component produced by the beamsplitter, for reflecting the beam component from the beamsplitter to a corresponding retroreflector and for reflecting the beam returned by the retroreflector back to the beamsplitter. The fact that the mirror "covers" the retroreflector, so that the mirror reflects the beam component before and after it reaches the retroreflector, results in the system being insensitive to slight tilting of the mirror. A wedge located along each beam component path, is large enough to "cover" the retroreflector, so that each beam component passes through the wedge during movement towards the retroreflector and away therefrom, to assure that all portions of a beam component pass through the same thickness of glass of the wedge.