Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Weeks

Thomas E. Weeks 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).

  • Paper set feeding
    Patent number: 6126384
    Abstract: A sheet set feeder receives a stack of offset-jogged sheet sets, including a topmost sheet set and a next-to-topmost sheet set. The feeder separates the topmost sheet set from the remainder of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Standard Duplicating Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Darcy, Thomas E. Weeks, Gilbert G. Fryklund
  • Paper set feeding
    Patent number: 5820334
    Abstract: In a sheet set feeder, a shutter mechanism disposed at least in part beneath a hopper for receiving a stack of offset-jogged sheet sets defines an aperture sized to admit individual sets from the stack. The shutter mechanism is driven so that the aperture is moved from beneath one end of the bottommost sheet set--where a retainer supports the next-to-bottommost sheet set--to beneath the other end of the bottommost set. Individual sets fed by the feeder are then carried by a conveyor to a sheet set processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Standard Duplicating Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Darcy, Thomas E. Weeks
  • Paper set feeding
    Patent number: 5556254
    Abstract: In a sheet set feeder, a shutter mechanism disposed at least in part beneath a hopper for receiving a stack of offset-jogged sheet sets defines an aperture sized to admit individual sets from the stack. The shutter mechanism is driven so that the aperture is moved from beneath one end of the bottommost sheet set--where a retainer supports the next-to-bottommost sheet set--to beneath the other end of the bottommost set. Individual sets fed by the feeder are then carried by a conveyor to a sheet set processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: Standard Duplicating Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Darcy, Thomas E. Weeks