Steven A Hoyt, Age 74N2639 County Road Z UNIT B2, Dousman, WI 53118

7044421, May 16, 2006

Apr 20, 2000

09/959251

Paul A. Omdoll - Waukesha WI, US
Steven D. Hoyt - Lake Geneva WI, US
Scott Collins - Milwaukee WI, US
Brian Hubanks - Dousman WI, US

The Colman Group, Inc. - Elkhorn WI

B65H 16/10

2425644, 242563, 2425641

An electronically controlled roll towel dispenser with a data communication system. The dispenser automatically dispenses a predetermined length of paper toweling from a supply roll after a length of toweling has been detached by a user pulling and tearing the protruding toweling against a stationary cutting blade. The dispenser is battery powered with an electric motor, an electromechanical dispensing mechanism, and an embedded microcontroller for controlling and monitoring operation of the dispenser. In addition to primary control functions, the microcontroller monitors parameters such as battery condition, towel usage, system status, system errors, and unsafe operating conditions. Pushbutton switches are also provided for programming towel length and the dispense delay. The dispenser further includes an optical transmitter for transmitting visual and infrared data to a receiving device. Useful information about the status of the dispenser can be visibly discerned by an operator through the use of primitive low-speed flash patterns, while high-speed infrared digital data can be simultaneously embedded in or multiplexed with the visible data.

4844629, Jul 4, 1989

Sep 3, 1987

7/092961

Steven D. Hoyt - Lake Geneva WI

W. H. Brady Co. - Milwaukee WI

B41J 1508
B41J 2942

4005833

An electronic labeling machine is disclosed which includes a printing mechanism with a carriage adapted for horizontal travel across assemblies of identification devices to be imprinted. A web sensor is attached to the carriage for concurrent travel therewith. In traversing horizontally across the assembly, the web sensor provides a signal to a microprocessor which indicates the presence or absence of the assembly under the current position of the sensor. The microprocessor also receives a timing signal from the printing mechanism indicative of the position of the carriage. Based on the timing signal and the signal from the web sensor, the microprocessor measures a current width of the assembly. The assembly is especially adapted for use with the invention, and includes notched portions having a width different than the nominal assembly width, each notched portion being in a fixed relative position with respect to one of the identification devices. The microprocessor is thereby able control feeding of the assembly to register the identification devices for printing by discriminating the current measured width of the assembly between the nominal width and the width at a notch.

4920882, May 1, 1990

Oct 14, 1988

7/258266

Steven D. Hoyt - Lake Geneva WI

W. H. Brady Co. - Milwaukee WI

B41J 1500
B41J 2942

400708

An electronic labeling machine is disclosed which includes a printing mechanism with a carriage adapted for horizontal travel across assemblies of identification devices to be imprinted. A web sensor is attached to the carriage for concurrent travel therewith. In traversing horizontally across the assembly, the web sensor provides a signal to a microprocessor which indicates the presence or absence of the assembly under the current position of the sensor. The microprocessor also receives a timing signal from the printing mechanism indicative of the position of the carriage. Based on the timing signal and the signal from the web sensor, the microprocessor measures a current width of the assembly. The assembly is especially adapted for use with the invention, and includes notched portions having a width difference than the nominal assembly width, each notched portion being in a fixed relative position with respect to one of the identification devices. The microprocessor is thereby able control feeding of the assembly to register the identification devices for printing by discriminating the current measured width of the assembly between the nominal width and the width at a notch.

4173035, Oct 30, 1979

Dec 1, 1977

5/856498

Steven D. Hoyt - Lake Geneva WI

Media Masters, Inc. - Lake Forest IL

F21P 300
F21V 2108
F21V 2300
F21V 3300

362249

A flexible lighting strip including a circuit of modular construction formed thereon, light emitting diodes connected to said circuit, and the circuit being connectable to control circuitry which provides selected energization to said circuit and the light emitting diodes for effecting a moving light display.

4245430, Jan 20, 1981

Jul 16, 1979

6/057738

Steven D. Hoyt - Lake Geneva WI

A63H 1100
A63H 3326
B60V 100
B64C 1318

46266

A sound responsive toy which seeks an emitted sound such as a child's voice, the toy includes control circuitry for activating an associated drive to turn and/or guide the toy toward the child's voice.

4655129, Apr 7, 1987

Oct 11, 1985

6/787211

Gary J. Wirth - Milwaukee WI
Robert F. Behlmer - Whitefish Bay WI
Steven D. Hoyt - Lake Geneva WI

W. H. Brady Co. - Milwaukee WI

B41F 1700
B23P 1900

101 35

A marker sleeve processig machine (20) for printing a legend (5) on individual marker sleeves (6) from a series (1) of marker sleeves fed through the machine (20). Various functions of the machine (20), such as transport of the web (1), printing of a sleeve (6) and removal of a printed sleeve (6) from the web (1), are correlated and controlled by programmed circuits (201,203). Data to be printed on the marker sleeves (6) can be input digitally, such as with a communication terminal (208) which may be a personal computer. The machine (20) provides a fully integrated apparatus permitting facile processing of a series (1) of blank marker sleeves to printed marker sleeves (6) bearing a legend (5) appropriate for use as identification devices and a convenient interface is provided for the user to enter the legends (5) to be printed on the marker sleeves (6).