Patents Assigned to L. M. Dearing Associates, Inc.
  • Photographic camera with provision for recording supplemental data
    Patent number: 4268143
    Abstract: A camera provided with an illuminated display positioned behind the frame to be exposed, the display being contained within a space defined by the back of the film. One of the guide rollers that positions the film is divided to leave a gap at its center permitting a data image from the display to be recorded on a portion of the film near the edge of a frame that would otherwise be obscured. Interchangeable components may be used to permit the data to be superimposed on the primary image or recorded in a space between frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Assignee: L. M. Dearing Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Le Roy M. Dearing, Edgar D. Wiegand
  • Solar chronometer
    Patent number: 4135357
    Abstract: A solar chronometer in which a style is aligned with the celestial pole and an equatorial member, preferably in the shape of a ring, is aligned with the equator. The style and equatorial member cast shadows upon a chart and the point where the shadows intersect indicates the hour and the date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1979
    Assignee: L. M. Dearing Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: George Ashton