Edward E Barker

US Patent:

20040129740, Jul 8, 2004

Filed:

Jan 2, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/335678

Inventors:

Edward Barker - Duluth GA, US
Thomas Bussiere - Franklin MA, US
Mark Dark - Blackstone MA, US
Stephen Dunn - Natick MA, US

International Classification:

A47G019/14

US Classification:

222/465100

Abstract:

A container for dispensing comestibles, such as a dry cereal dispenser, is provided that is generally designed to be capable of being fully cleaned and sanitized in order to avoid exposing the comestibles to contamination. In this regard, the various components of the container, such as the handle, the lid and the bottom closure, are advantageously mounted to the vessel such that the inner surface of the vessel with which the comestible is in contact is smooth and uninterrupted and, therefore, capable of being thoroughly cleaned. By including a removable bottom closure, the container may capable of being refilled through the bottom, opposite the open top through which the comestible is dispensed, to prevent stagnation of the comestible in lower portions of the container.

US Patent:

20050178803, Aug 18, 2005

Filed:

Mar 25, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/089983

Inventors:

Edward Barker - Duluth GA, US
Thomas Bussiere - Franklin MA, US
Mark Dark - Blackstone MA, US
Stephen Dunn - Natick MA, US

Assignee:

Six Continents Hotels, Inc. - Atlanta GA

International Classification:

A47G019/14

US Classification:

222465100

Abstract:

A container for dispensing comestibles, such as a dry cereal dispenser, is provided that is generally designed to be capable of being fully cleaned and sanitized in order to avoid exposing the comestibles to contamination. In this regard, the various components of the container, such as the handle, the lid and the bottom closure, are advantageously mounted to the vessel such that the inner surface of the vessel with which the comestible is in contact is smooth and uninterrupted and, therefore, capable of being thoroughly cleaned. By including a removable bottom closure, the container may capable of being refilled through the bottom, opposite the open top through which the comestible is dispensed, to prevent stagnation of the comestible in lower portions of the container.

US Patent:

57711763, Jun 23, 1998

Filed:

Sep 3, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/708082

Inventors:

Phillip E. Froehlich - San Francisco CA
Edward E. Barker - Atlanta GA
David R. Ross - Stratford CT

International Classification:

G06K 978
G06K 900

US Classification:

364505

Abstract:

This invention in its preferred embodiment comprises an apparatus and process (including a computer program) for controlling unmarked lock-opening keys in a security systems, whereby the conventional metal keys used to unlock rooms or cars or other entities can be controlled even though unmarked. The technique of the invention effectuates such control through taking electronic photographs, creating a silhouette of the side of unmarked keys using their individual configurations on the edge, generating an individual and distinctive electronic signal, specific for each such key to generate a digital coordinate series of numbers for each key and inventorying each such identifying signal representing a key so that keys are recognized by these signals rather than numbers or codes marks on the key. Although marked keys can be utilized in such a system, it would be a waste of the identifying ability of the invention. Thus the greatest security benefits are obtained through the use of unmarked keys in the apparatus and process of the invention.