Patents by Inventor Earl H. Wilcox, Jr.

Earl H. Wilcox, Jr. 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 sheet collator
    Patent number: 4228996
    Abstract: A collator which utilizes sheet momentum to operate sheet diverting vanes includes over-center weight elements in the vanes. The vanes are rockably positioned to block and open a sheet conveyance path, and force exerted on the vane by the sheet and the over-center weight element as a sheet moves into a collection compartment tips the vane from a sheet diverting, path blocking position to a path freeing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1980
    Inventor: Earl H. Wilcox, Jr.
  • Canister plug
    Patent number: D336817
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Inventor: Earl H. Wilcox, Jr.