Patents by Inventor Donald J. Axelrod

Donald J. Axelrod 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).

  • Patent number: 4214828
    Abstract: A web cassette has a carrier plate with a supply and take up cartridges mounted thereon. The web is pulled from a reel in the supply cartridge, led over a path including guide posts or rollers, and connected to a reel in the take-up cartridge. A V-tooth coupler on each of these reels interfaces with driven V-tooth couplers on a machine using the cassette to transport the web from the supply to the take-up cartridge. When the transport is completed, the take-up cartridge is removed for processing, the former supply cartridge is moved to the take-up position on the cassette, and a new supply cartridge is mounted on the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1980
    Assignee: Bell & Howell Company
    Inventor: Donald J. Axelrod
  • Patent number: 4153361
    Abstract: A web cassette has a carrier plate with a supply and take up cartridges mounted thereon. The web is pulled from a reel in the supply cartridge, led over a path including guide posts or rollers, and connected to a reel in the take-up cartridge. A V-tooth coupler on each of these reels interfaces with driven V-tooth couplers on a machine using the cassette to transport the web from the supply to the take-up cartridge. When the transport is completed, the take-up cartridge is removed for processing, the former supply cartridge is moved to the take-up position on the cassette, and a new supply cartridge is mounted on the cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1979
    Assignee: Bell & Howell Company
    Inventor: Donald J. Axelrod
  • Patent number: 4148579
    Abstract: An automatic microfilm camera is electronically controlled, as by an electronic logic controller, logic and control unit, or the like, for example. The camera has an automatic feeding stack loader for picking up documents of randomly mixed sizes, photographing them, and then depositing them in an output tray. The automatic feed may be interrupted, so that single documents may be copied. Then, the automatic feed restarts and continues from the point of interrupt. A plurality of sensors respond to documents in order to control both the time of shutter opening and the exposure actuation. Various forms of documents may be processed, including a fan-folded computer readout requiring a pin drive wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1979
    Assignee: Bell & Howell Company
    Inventors: Donald J. Axelrod, John R. Flint
  • Patent number: 4124290
    Abstract: A stack of documents are transported one-at-a-time, under control of an automatic machine. A machine readable card is inserted between preselected documents in the stack. When the transport detects a passage of the card through the transport system, the machine is commanded to perform a specific function. The exemplary machine described herein is a microfilm camera, and the illustrative functions are two side copying and batch or file marking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1978
    Assignee: Bell & Howell Company
    Inventors: Donald J. Axelrod, John R. Flint