Patents by Inventor Robert W. MacDonald

Robert W. MacDonald 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: 5974965
    Abstract: A single point quick disconnect spray bar is disclosed for movement between a connected position, in which the spray bar is operatively connected to a press frame, and a disconnected position. A mounting guide secured to the spray bar is engagable with the press frame and movably supports the spray bar in the disconnected position when so engaged. A closure member, having a first part affixed to a first end of the spray bar and a second end affixed to the press frame moves the spray bar into the connected position when the first and second parts are engaged. A method of connecting a spray bar is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Baldwin Graphic Syetems, Inc.
    Inventors: John Ciofalo, Robert W. MacDonald
  • Patent number: 5967418
    Abstract: A spray bar for use with a first web having a first width and a second web having a second width comprises a spray bar mounting channel having at least one cut-out in a front surface thereof. A plurality of reduction plates are affixed to the mounting channel over the cut-out. In one embodiment, each reduction plate has a center line and an opening therethrough located a predetermined offset from the center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Inventors: Robert W. MacDonald, Victor Szatkowski
  • Patent number: 4145714
    Abstract: A television flaw detector, and process, for inspection of the wall surface of a hole through a circuit board. The circuit board is positioned on a support beneath a microscope, with the hole to be inspected aligned with the microscope. On the opposite side of the circuit board are an optical condenser and a light source. The condenser directs a divergent conical beam of light into the hole to illuminate the wall surface of the hole about its entire circumference and along its full length. A mask prevents non-reflected light rays from passing directly through the condenser and the hole into the microscope. A television camera mounted on the microscope is connected to a television monitor upon which it produces an image of a region of the wall surface of the hole extending from its full circumference at a selected position along its length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1979
    Assignee: Robert W. MacDonald
    Inventors: Robert W. MacDonald, Robert W. Yates