Patents by Inventor Alfred Spath

Alfred Spath 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).

  • Value selection mechanism including means for weakening a drive gear to permit distortion thereof
    Patent number: 5372065
    Abstract: Value selection and printing apparatus comprising, structure for printing a value, the printing structure including a rotatable device and a drive shaft therefor, structure for selecting the value, the value selecting structure including a rack gear slidably movably connected to the device, the rack gear including a plurality of gear teeth formed therein, the value selecting structure including a drive gear and a first gear, the drive gear including gear teeth disposed in meshing engagement with the rack gear teeth, the first gear coaxially fixedly attached to the drive gear for rotation therewith and including first gear teeth, the value selecting structure including a value printing wheel, the printing wheel including a circumferentially-extending periphery and a plurality of printing fonts located at spaced intervals thereabout, the value selecting structure including a second gear coaxially fixedly attached to the printing wheel for rotation thereof, the second gear including gear teeth and disposed in me
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Pasquale Cuozzo, Richard A. Malin, Stephen J. Rigo, Alfred Spath
  • Mailing machine including postage meter having rotary postage printing drum provided with an envelope deflector
    Patent number: 5337665
    Abstract: A mailing machine, comprising a base including a deck, a postage meter removably mounted on the base, the postage meter including a rotary postage printing drum overhanging the deck, the base including means for feeding an envelope in a downstream path of travel to the drum, the base including means for selectively driving the drum for printing postage on an envelope fed thereto, envelope deflecting means including an elongate substantially rectangularly-shaped member having a predetermined length, the member including a substantially horizontally-extending first portion of the length thereof fixedly attached to the drum, the member including a second portion of the length thereof inclined downwardly from the first portion, the member including a third portion of the length thereof inclined upwardly from the second portion, the member including a fourth portion of the length thereof extending substantially horizontally from the third portion and disposed between and in sliding engagement with the drum and the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Arnold Fassman, Stephen J. Rigo, Alfred Spath