Patents by Inventor Donald F. Renfrow

Donald F. Renfrow 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: 5475966
    Abstract: An apparatus for unfolding a bifolded mailpiece comprises a pair of pivotable receiving walls for receiving a bifolded mailpiece, a pair of receiving wall cylinders for pivotally moving the receiving walls and a pair of spreader walls for spreading the bifolded mailpiece received between said receiving walls, the spreader walls being pivotally mounted and actuated by a pair of spreader wall cylinders, a ram being provided for moving the spreader walls along a vertical axis to cooperate with the receiving walls to unfold the mailpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignee: ElectroCom Automation, L.P.
    Inventor: Donald F. Renfrow
  • Patent number: 5030293
    Abstract: A circuit board cleaning apparatus (10) is disclosed which efficiently cleans a circuit board (12). The circuit board is positioned beneath a head assembly (24) whre it is grasped by a number of arms (38) and lowered into the interior of a tank (26). The board is oscillated about a vertical axis within the tank while immersed in a cleaning agent, such as water. Provisions are made to rinse the cleaned board and dry the board. After the board has been cleaned, it is removed from the tank and released. All cleaning, rinsing and drying operations are conducted within the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: Randall L. Rich
    Inventors: Randall L. Rich, Donald F. Renfrow
  • Patent number: 4575296
    Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for preparing side-stitched documents. The apparatus includes means for feeding a series of sheets to be included in said document in a paused, timed, preselected order, a downstream, in-line accumulating station to receive the sheets, first clamping means associated with the accumulating station for grasping a complete assembly of sheets on the side opposite the side to be stitched, and means for moving said clamped assembly to a downstream, in-line stitching station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventors: Barry C. Kockler, Daniel T. Noonan, Donald F. Renfrow