Patents by Inventor Robert Fichter

Robert Fichter 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).

  • Marking device utilizing dual rod power cylinder
    Patent number: 4160410
    Abstract: An imprint marking device utilizing transfer tape moved from a tape supply reel to a take-up reel across an imprint station with a moving marker head having raised indicia movable against the tape to press the tape against an article to be marked. A tape drive system includes a drive roller and an opposed idler roller. Both the tape drive system and the marker head are actuated by a single power cylinder which has power rods extending from opposite ends connected to a single common internal piston, one of the rods operating the marker head and the other of the rods operating the tape drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1979
    Assignee: Norwood Marking & Equipment Co.
    Inventor: Robert Fichter