Patents by Inventor Andy K. Balm

Andy K. Balm 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).

  • Publication number: 20090141302
    Abstract: A method and printing device print a feedback form in response to activation of a customer feedback option of the printing device. The printing device and the feedback form instruct the user to supply feedback comments on the feedback form and cause the feedback form to be scanned using the printing device. The method and printing device identifying the feedback form in response to the scanning of the feedback form and capture the feedback form as a feedback form image. The method and printing device transmit the feedback form image from the printing device to a feedback collection entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andy K. Balm, Gemma R. Lee
  • Patent number: 6644502
    Abstract: Certain designs of paper feeding devices used in copiers and printers require that an edge of a stack of sheets be in close contact with a slanted surface. An apparatus engages an opposite edge of the stack to urge the stack against the slanted surface, so that the stack assumes a parallelogram shape. The apparatus includes a plate which is movable from a vertical, upright position to a slanted position. Means are provided to cause the plate to move to the slanted position in response to the closing of a paper tray of a printer or copier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Pearce, Jeffery W. Ryan, Brian Martin, Andy K. Balm
  • Publication number: 20030116907
    Abstract: Certain designs of paper feeding devices used in copiers and printers require that an edge of a stack of sheets be in close contact with a slanted surface. An apparatus engages an opposite edge of the stack to urge the stack against the slanted surface, so that the stack assumes a parallelogram shape. The apparatus includes a plate which is movable from a vertical, upright position to a slanted position. Means are provided to cause the plate to move to the slanted position in response to the closing of a paper tray of a printer or copier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Pearce, Jeffery W. Ryan, Brian Martin, Andy K. Balm