Patents by Inventor Brian A Blair

Brian A Blair 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).

  • Automatically adjustable pick mechanism for feeding sheets of media of different widths
    Patent number: 9090418
    Abstract: In an imaging apparatus, a removable media tray is operative to hold a plurality of media types of different widths and a pick device includes a pick mechanism and a translation mechanism for moving the pick mechanism to a centerline of a width of one or more media sheets in the media tray. The media tray includes a reference edge surface and a media edge guide moveable to a selected position with respect to the reference edge surface. The one or more media sheets are restrained between the reference edge surface and the media edge guide with the translation mechanism automatically translating the pick mechanism to the centerline of the corresponding media width during insertion of the media tray into the imaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A Blair, Dustin Daniel Fichter, Edward Lynn Triplett
  • AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTABLE PICK MECHANISM FOR FEEDING SHEETS OF MEDIA OF DIFFERENT WIDTHS
    Publication number: 20140103602
    Abstract: In an imaging apparatus, a removable media tray is operative to hold a plurality of media types of different widths and a pick device includes a pick mechanism and a translation mechanism for moving the pick mechanism to a centerline of a width of one or more media sheets in the media tray. The media tray includes a reference edge surface and a media edge guide moveable to a selected position with respect to the reference edge surface. The one or more media sheets are restrained between the reference edge surface and the media edge guide with the translation mechanism automatically translating the pick mechanism to the centerline of the corresponding media width during insertion of the media tray into the imaging apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: BRIAN A BLAIR, DUSTIN DANIEL FICHTER, EDWARD LYNN TRIPLETT
  • Automatically adjustable pick mechanism for feeding sheets of media of different widths
    Patent number: 8636277
    Abstract: In an imagining apparatus having a removable media input tray that moves in a direction transverse to a media feed direction and includes a reference edge surface and a media alignment guide moveable to a selected position within a predetermined range of travel with respect to a reference edge surface, a system for automatically translating the pick mechanism to a selected position during insertion of the media input tray based on the position of the media edge guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A Blair, Dustin Daniel Fichter, Edward Lynn Triplett
  • Back support
    Patent number: 7413250
    Abstract: A thoracic back support allows for and assists in the promotion of scapular retraction in a seated human. In various examples, such supports may be rigid or semi-rigid, and they may be convex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Blair Connolly, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean W Connolly, Brian A Blair
  • Back support
    Publication number: 20080116730
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a thoracic back support. A support allows for and assists in the promotion of scapular retraction in a seated human. Supports of the invention may be rigid or semi-rigid, and they may be convex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Sean W. Connolly, Brian A. Blair