Patents by Inventor Eugene P. Winans

Eugene P. Winans 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: 4285443
    Abstract: A complete advertising and card dispensing module for insertion into a housing, having electrical connections for the module, includes a front face, for securing to the housing by a key lock for removing the entire module, with the front face having an advertising window and a card display window, and a push button switch for actuating a single card ejector. The card ejector includes a housing for a stack of cards with a smooth floor member with a card width and thickness card pusher gliding on the smooth floor to push a single card out an adjustable slot adjusted to the thickness of the individual card. The smooth floor being mounted generally horizontally but at a slight angle toward the slot. A solenoid actuator moves the card ejector from a position at the rear of the stack of cards to a position to push a card so as to partially extend out the slot for manual retrieve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1981
    Inventor: Eugene P. Winans
  • Patent number: 4209108
    Abstract: An advertising display assembly having a plurality of modular card holder-ejector units each having a specific ad, mounted in an easily viewable face of a display cabinet. Each modular card holder-ejector unit having a holder for a stack of advertising cards and a single card ejector, illuminated advertising space, and an actuating button for the card ejector. Each modular unit is arranged for a quick and easy plug-in type replacement of a module in the display cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1980
    Inventor: Eugene P. Winans