Patents by Inventor Clare K. Miller

Clare K. Miller 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).

  • Patent number: 4429980
    Abstract: A processor for processing undeveloped photographic film discs carried on a rotatable spindle includes a conveyor for conveying the spindle intermittently along a generally horizontal conveyor path. The spindle has a follower magnet attached adjacent one end thereof and has an axial direction which is generally horizontal and perpendicular to the conveyor path. A plurality of stations for processing the film discs are spaced along the conveyor path, with a drive magnet rotatably mounted adjacent each station in spaced axial alignment with the follower magnet of the spindle when the spindle is positioned at that station. Operably connected to the drive magnet is a drive motor for rotating the drive magnet to cause the follower magnet, spindle and film discs mounted thereon to be rotated due to magnetic coupling of the drive magnet and the follower magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: Pako Corporation
    Inventor: Clare K. Miller
  • Patent number: 4151657
    Abstract: A drying chamber wherein photographic film is dried by non-turbulent recirculating conditioned air passing therethrough while the film is suspended from a conveyor system and foreign material is prevented from entering thereinto by an air curtain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1979
    Assignee: Pako Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald A. Jensen, Clare K. Miller, Ray J. Seiler