Patents by Inventor Dale Allen Christiansen

Dale Allen Christiansen 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).

  • Automatic cartridge feeder with priority slot
    Patent number: 6259578
    Abstract: An automatic cartridge feeder includes a magazine slot that receives a cartridge magazine and includes a priority slot that directly receives single cartridges. The automatic cartridge feeder can receive a cartridge through the priority slot regardless of the condition of the cartridge magazine. In an automatic mode, cartridges are taken sequentially from the magazine and are processed. Any cartridge placed in the priority slot by an operator will be processed immediately after any in-progress cartridge processing. In an accumulate mode, cartridges are received through the priority slot for processing and are returned in sequence to an empty cartridge magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dale Allen Christiansen, Kenneth Dean Cummings, David Conrad Graves, James Lee Lentz, Donald Ernest Lockett, Guillermo Santamaria Robles