Patents by Inventor Curtis L. Vernon

Curtis L. Vernon 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).

  • High-speed sheet inverter and method for inverting sheets
    Patent number: 5082272
    Abstract: A high-speed sheet inverter mechanism includes a sheet confinement chamber suitable for confining a first sheet and a second sheet at the same time, and three roll assemblies for feeding sheets into, and discharging sheets from, the chamber. The sheet inverter device further includes a simultaneous sheet handling approach angle of about 48.degree. at which a sheet entering the mechanism contacts a sheet exiting the mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Jean Xydias, Gerald M. Hitchcock, Robert D. LeRoy, James M. Montgomery, Curtis L. Vernon
  • Apparatus for cleaning particulate matter from a moving web
    Patent number: 4827311
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning particulate matter from a moving web, such apparatus being held in effective cleaning contact therewith. The apparatus includes a member, which is at least partially formed of magnetically attractable material, for engaging the surface of a moving web to be cleaned. Such member is held in cleaning contact with such web by a magnet which is located adjacent to the surface of the web opposite to the surface to be cleaned, and which induces a magnetic field which attracts the member to the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Carl R. Bothner, Robert M. Peffer, Curtis L. Vernon