Patents by Inventor Douglas C. Sooley

Douglas C. Sooley 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).

  • Mail stamping apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5440979
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for the cancellation of stamps and printing of pre-programmable messages on envelopes. The apparatus comprises structure for feeding a plurality of envelopes in singulated manner to a sensing assembly, which detects the leading and top edges of the envelope and trigger printing structure which cancels the stamp and/or prints on a pre-programmable message. The apparatus and method is of value when envelopes of different sizes, generally having the stamp in a common region, i.e. upper right-hand corner, as part of the plurality of envelopes are present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Z Mark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Bonham, Douglas C. Sooley