Patents by Inventor Allen R. Lentz

Allen R. Lentz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for transporting and perforating enlongated strips of material
    Patent number: 5461450
    Abstract: A web (14) of material such as photographic film is supplied continuously from a stock roll (16) into an infeed vacuum box (24) from which the web passes into an intermittently operated perforator apparatus (30) through which the web is drawn intermittently by a high performance vacuum drum (32) which feeds the web into an outfeed vacuum box (34) from which the web passes continuously to a rewind stock roll (44) or to other intermittently operated processing apparatus. Various patterns of widely spaced perforations and leader/trailer sections may be provided in the stationary web, which moves at high web speeds and accelerations between operations of the perforator apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael Long, Frank Castrignano, David H. Lancy, William C. Lebbon, Allen R. Lentz, David M. Orlicki, Thomas W. Palone, Robert C. Raduns, Joseph E. Stagnitto