Patents by Inventor Donald Frederick Carter

Donald Frederick Carter 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).

  • Dual-sided expose mechanism for web product
    Patent number: 5908722
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of using same for exposing successive sections of opposite sides of a web of material to actinic radiation in patterns on each section of the opposite sides of the web is provided. The apparatus includes a first station having mechanisms to locate and expose selected sections on the first side of the web to actinic radiation in a first patterns, and a second station spaced from the first station having mechanisms to locate and expose selected sections on the second side of said web to actinic radiation. The first and second stations include first and second pattern masters and first and second mountings for the masters, and first and second sources of actinic radiation to project the desired patterns of exposure from each of the masters to each of the sections on the first and second sides of the web in very close registration or alignment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Joseph Burke, Donald Frederick Carter, David Martin Dewey-Wright, David Erle Houser, John Thomas Legg, Daniel Webster, deceased
  • Dual-sided expose mechanism for web product
    Patent number: 5875023
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of using same for exposing successive sections of opposite sides of a web of material to actinic radiation in patterns on each section of the opposite sides of the web is provided. The apparatus includes a first station having mechanisms to locate and expose selected sections on the first side of the web to actinic radiation in a first pattern, and a second station spaced from the first station having mechanisms to locate and expose selected sections on the second side of said web to actinic radiation. The first and second stations include first and second pattern masters and first and second mountings for the masters, and first and second sources of actinic radiation to project the desired patterns of exposure from each of the masters to each of the sections on the first and second sides of the web in very close registration or alignment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Joseph Burke, Donald Frederick Carter, David Martin Dewey-Wright, David Erle Houser, John Thomas Legg, Daniel Webster, deceased