Patents by Inventor G. William Hartman, Jr.

G. William Hartman, Jr. 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).

  • Facsimile sheet feeding apparatus
    Patent number: 4461465
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus with a sheet feeding capability to supply sheets of documents and/or copy paper to a rotatable scanning drum. Rollers advance these sheets on a sheet-by-sheet basis along the transport path which includes a plurality of sensors. The drum is positioned so as to receive the sheets prior to scanning and subsequently repositioned after scanning so as to permit these sheets to be removed from the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1984
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
    Inventors: G. William Hartman, Jr., Ronald F. Schley
  • Method of and apparatus for facsimile sheet feeding
    Patent number: 4326222
    Abstract: A facsimile apparatus with a sheet feeding capability to supply sheets of documents and/or copy paper to a rotatable scanning drum. Rollers advance these sheets on a sheet-by-sheet basis along the transport path which includes a plurality of sensors. The drum is positioned so as to receive the sheets prior to scanning and subsequently repositioned after scanning so as to permit these sheets to be removed from the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1982
    Assignee: Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
    Inventors: John L. Connin, G. William Hartman, Jr., Ronald F. Schley
  • Facsimile method and apparatus with sheet feeding
    Patent number: 4319282
    Abstract: Document and copy media in a facsimile transceiver are fed along separate paths to a common loading area adjacent a scanning drum. A feed path for hand-fed sheets is located between the document and copy media storage areas to also supply sheets to the common loading area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1982
    Assignee: Exxon Research & Engineering Co.
    Inventors: G. William Hartman, Jr., Ronald F. Schley