Patents by Inventor Carl Alexander Phillips

Carl Alexander Phillips 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).

  • Bulk document feeder with removable cartridge
    Patent number: 8662490
    Abstract: A bulk document feeder module is adapted for connection to a document acceptor and is operable, when attached to the document acceptor, to feed one document at a time, from a bundle of documents, to the document acceptor. The bulk document feeder module can include a document transport mechanism, a portion of which includes a removable cartridge, to facilitate removal of a jammed object from the feeder module. The document acceptor can form part of a bill or other document validator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: MEI, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Clauser, John D. Snider, Kenneth B. Wood, Edward M. Zoladz, Jr., Carl Alexander Phillips
  • BULK DOCUMENT FEEDER WITH REMOVABLE CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20100289208
    Abstract: A bulk document feeder module is adapted for connection to a document acceptor and is operable, when attached to the document acceptor, to feed one document at a time, from a bundle of documents, to the document acceptor. The bulk document feeder module can include a document transport mechanism, a portion of which includes a removable cartridge, to facilitate removal of a jammed object from the feeder module. The document acceptor can form part of a bill or other document validator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: MEI, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Clauser, John D. Snider, Kenneth B. Wood, Edward M. Zoladz, JR., Carl Alexander Phillips
  • Secure communications for a currency handling machine
    Patent number: 6934844
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for securing communications in a currency-handling machine. The method includes generating an encrypted transaction message based on a bill acceptor transaction event, communicating the encrypted transaction message to a transaction controller, decrypting the encrypted transaction message and enabling the bill acceptor to accept bills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Carl Alexander Phillips, Gaston Baudat, Didier Rossel, Bob Mackenzie, Gregory John Billington
  • Secure communications for a currency handling machine
    Publication number: 20020091648
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for securing communications in a currency-handling machine. The method includes generating an encrypted transaction message based on a bill acceptor transaction event, communicating the encrypted transaction message to a transaction controller, decrypting the encrypted transaction message and enabling the bill acceptor to accept bills.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Carl Alexander Phillips, Gaston Baudat, Didier Rossel, Bob Mackenzie, Gregory John Billington