Patents by Inventor Quentin D. Vaughan, IV

Quentin D. Vaughan, IV 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).

  • Method and apparatus for processing and transporting sheet materials
    Patent number: 5022418
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for processing a sheet material, for e.g. a photosensitive sheet material, with a flowable process substance. The flowable process substance is distributed via a pliable web which has defined on one of its surfaces a plurality of protrusions which define interconnected fluid reservoirs and distribution channels, and which are in surface-to-surface contact with the sheet material over a substantial portion its surface area while the sheet material is transported relative to such web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Assignee: Visicon, Inc.
    Inventor: Quentin D. Vaughan, IV
  • Apparatus for transporting flat sheets, especially photosensitive sheet materials
    Patent number: 4977422
    Abstract: The methods and apparatus disclosed herein provide commercially viable means to selectively improve the input and output characteristics of photosensitive materials, especially the output contrast variables. The present invention allows commercially available photosensitive material such as the high contrast Ilford Cibachrome Copy CCO Paper.RTM. to display dramatically improved color balance and contrast range characteristics when making reproductions from slides or prints. Recreational, professional and military photo duplication techniques are greatly improved by the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Visicon, Inc.
    Inventor: Quentin D. Vaughan, IV
  • Method and apparatus for processing and transporting sheet materials
    Patent number: 4945934
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for processing a sheet material, for e.g. a photosensitive sheet material, with a flowable process substance. The flowable process substance is distributed via a pliable web which has defined on one of its surfaces a plurality of protrusions which define interconnected fluid reservoirs and distribution channels, and which are in surface-to-surface contact with the sheet material over a substantial portion its surface area while the sheet material is transported relative to such web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Visicon, Inc.
    Inventor: Quentin D. Vaughan, IV
  • Method for exposing and developing photosensitive materials
    Patent number: 4845019
    Abstract: The methods and apparatus disclosed herein provide commercially viable means to selectively improve the input and output characteristics of photosensitive materials, especially the output contrast variables. The present invention allows commercially available photosensitive material such as the high contrast Ilford Cibachrome Copy CCO Paper.RTM. to display dramatically improved color balance and contrast range characteristics when making reproductions from slides or prints. Recreational, professional and military photo duplication techniques are greatly improved by the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Visicon Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Quentin D. Vaughan, IV