Patents Represented by Attorney Robert L. Owens
  • Patent number: 5116281
    Abstract: A rotational speed switcher which employs a synchronous motor which is low-cost, long-lasting and quiet, and when applied to a printer or document scanning apparatus or the like enables documents to be transported at either of two speeds selected by switching the motor between forward and reverse operating modes without changing the direction of rotation of the drive shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ohara, Tsutomu Miura, Shinichi Hagiwara, Shigeomi Koshimizu, Eiichi Shimizu