Todd A Britz

6644449, Nov 11, 2003

Jun 5, 2001

09/874829

Robert P. Cummins - Deephaven MN
Todd A. Britz - Lakeville MN

Primera Technology, Inc. - Plymouth MN

H02G 1102

191 12R, 4147442, 414918

A rotating handler arm is mounted on an upright column, and has electrical components thereon, which require powering. The power is carried to the rotating arm by a multi conductor flat cable that is supported on a platform adjacent to the rotating arm in a coil. The cable clamped to the platform as well as to the rotating member. The coil is made of a sufficient number of individual coil sections so that the coil will tighten as the rotating arm rotates in a first direction, and loosen as the rotating arm rotates in a second direction to avoid the need for slip rings or other complex electrical transmission elements.

6802070, Oct 5, 2004

Jun 5, 2001

09/874843

Todd A. Britz - Lakeville MN
Robert P. Cummins - Deephaven MN

Primera Technology, Inc. - Plymouth MN

G11B 1704

720619, 369 3055, 3691784

A CD transporter includes a CD gripper for gripping a top CD off a vertical stack of CDs is provided. The CD gripper includes an actuatable gripping member and at least one stationary gripping member, each of which includes a hub engaging surface. The actuatable gripping member also includes a CD separating protrusion for separating the top CD from the CD immediately therebelow.

7011130, Mar 14, 2006

Oct 17, 2003

10/688862

Todd A. Britz - Maple Grove MN, US

Primera Technology, Inc. - Plymouth MN

B30B 15/00

156582, 1565831

The laminator for laminating protective, appearance changing film layer onto surfaces of CD's, DVD's, and other discs has a heated laminating roller that will press a web carrying the film onto the disc in regions on which pressure can be applied. In order to maintain the roller at a uniform surface temperature, the roller is continuously rotated whenever the roll heater is energized and the roll temperature is above a selected level so that the roller will maintain uniform temperature between laminating operations. The laminator has a supply roll for the web carrying the film, and a circuit board carrying a memory device is mounted on the interior of a hollow core of the supply roll in a manner that permits making contact with stationary members on the laminator to read information for enabling operating. A hub ring on the laminator is movable to a position to be spaced from a disc so no lamination takes place above the hub ring.

7021355, Apr 4, 2006

Jan 30, 2004

10/768262

Robert P. Cummins - Deephaven MN, US
Todd A. Britz - Maple Grove MN, US
Michael R. Tolrud - Chaska MN, US

Primera Technology, Inc. - Plymouth MN

B32B 31/00

156364, 156363, 156582, 700302

A processor, such as a laminator for laminating a film onto a disc, such as a CD, DVD or the like has a tray for holding a disc for movement from a loading position to a processing position. The tray has a recess for receiving the disc, when the disc is properly positioned for processing. A sensor is provided to sense when a disc is not properly located in the recess, or when more than one disc, a warped disc or some other anomaly is present that may damage the processor. As shown, the processor is a laminator for laminating a film onto an upper surface of a disc.

7150573, Dec 19, 2006

Oct 17, 2005

11/251735

Robert Cummins - Deephaven MN, US
Todd Britz - Maple Grove MN, US
Michael Tolrud - Chaska MN, US

Primera Technology, Inc. - Plymouth MN

B41J 15/04
B41J 11/66
B41J 11/70

400613, 400621

A label printer assembly has a support for a supply roll of labels on a flexible web which is fed into an ink jet printer for printing onto a label without contacting the label. After printing, the web carrying the printed label is fed beyond a tear strip to permit removing the printed label by tearing off the web at a space between the labels carried on the web. A feed roller is used to provide a slack loop on the output side of the supply roll that is controlled as to its size during printing, so the drag of the web on the printer feed rollers is reduced. The printer will selectively print bar codes onto the labels.

20110061787, Mar 17, 2011

Feb 8, 2010

12/701732

Robert P. Cummins - Deephaven MN, US
Todd A. Britz - Maple Grove MN, US
Darren W. Haas - Minnetonka MN, US
Michael R. Tolrud - Chaska MN, US

PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY, INC. - Plymouth MN

B32B 38/04

156 64, 156517

A label finishing station receives a web carrying printed images for labels arranged so there are a plurality of images formed in rows or ranks across the width of the web. The images are also arranged in longitudinal columns along the length of the web. A cutting station carries a plurality of cutter heads to cut out the plurality of labels forming each row or rank simultaneously. The web, with the label peripheries cut out, may be slit longitudinally and formed into finished rolls of labels.

20130222444, Aug 29, 2013

Aug 25, 2011

13/822544

Robert P. Cummins - Deephaven MN, US
Darren W. Haas - Minnetonka MN, US
Todd A. Britz - Maple Grove MN, US

PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY, INC. - Minneapolis MN

B41J 3/407
B41J 2/325

347 4, 347174

A color printer for histological specimen containers such as slides and cassettes includes a specimen container receiving structure to receive histological specimen containers having a print zone, an ink receiving structure to receive a multi-colored ink source, a printhead, a drive mechanism to drive specimen containers received by the container receiving structure with respect to the print head, and a control system. The control system is responsive to specimen data representative of histological specimens and controls the drive mechanism and the printhead, including causing the print head to transfer multiple colors of ink from the ink source and print specimen information in color on the print zones of specimen containers. In one embodiment of the invention the specimen data includes color data representative of a color that identifies specimen information, and the control system causes the printhead to print the specimen information in color as a function of the color data. In another embodiment the control system causes the printhead to print specimen information in the form of a color bar as a function of the color data, and to print specimen information in the form of text and a bar code in black.

20130224088, Aug 29, 2013

Aug 25, 2011

13/822552

Todd A. Britz - Maple Grove MN, US

PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY, INC. - Minneapolis MN

B01L 3/00

422554

A unitary molded polymer histological specimen cassette includes a base defining a compartment, a lid, and a hinge connecting the lid to the base and enabling the lid to move between an open position and a closed position with respect to en the base. The lid and base are configured to form a fulcrum and apply sufficient tension to the hinge to fracture the hinge when the lid is moved from the open position to the closed position. Another embodiment of the cassette includes a panel extending from the base and having a print-receptive front surface, a rear surface and a first thickness. A plurality of spaced apart support walls extend between and are integrally molded with the base and the rear surface of the panel to support the panel with respect to the base. The cassette includes a sufficient number of support walls at spaced-apart positions to provide the panel with sufficient rigidity to enable printing on the print-receptive surface. All of the support walls have a substantially equal second thickness that is less than the first thickness of the panel, and the second thickness is a thickness with respect to the first thickness that causes the panel to be sufficiently flat and smooth to enable printing on the print-receptive surface.