Patents by Inventor Elliot Downing

Elliot Downing 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).

  • SEQUENTIAL CLAMPING
    Publication number: 20190210829
    Abstract: An example system includes an advancement mechanism to drive print medium into a stacking region, a clamping mechanism, and a controller. The clamping mechanism includes a trailing edge clamping arrangement in a trailing edge portion of the stacking region and at least one downstream clamping arrangement in a downstream portion of the stacking region, the downstream portion being downstream of the trailing edge portion. The controller is to sequentially actuate the trailing edge clamping arrangement and the at least one downstream clamping arrangement when the advancement mechanism transports a print medium into the stacking region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Steve O Rasmussen, Bruce G Johnson, Elliot Downing, Robert Scott Beale, Lonny Morgan