Patents by Inventor Eric C. Stender

Eric C. Stender 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).

  • PLASTIC CARD REORIENTING MECHANISM AND INTERCHANGEABLE INPUT HOPPER
    Publication number: 20090121409
    Abstract: A card reorienting mechanism and an input hopper of plastic card processing equipment, for example a desktop plastic card printer. The card reorienting mechanism is a modular unit that permits the entire mechanism to be inserted or removed as a single unit from the printer. In addition, the input hopper is designed as an interchangeable system that permits alteration in the card capacity of the hopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: DataCard Corporation
    Inventors: Eric C. Stender, David E. Wickstrom
  • Two step filter and process
    Patent number: 5284997
    Abstract: A two-stage filtering process and a two-stage filter, with a first-stage coalescing filter separating and removing liquid paint droplets and solids from the gaseous contents of a spent aerosol container, and a second-stage filter removing the hazardous solvents from the gaseous mixture discharging from the first-stage filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Porous Media Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Spearman, Eric C. Stender, Patrick R. Spearman
  • Window operator
    Patent number: 4945678
    Abstract: A window operator has a prime mover for opening and closing of a window, with the prime mover being drivingly connected to a drive output member through an intermediate gear structure. A clutch device in the drive structure senses the torque applied to the drive output member in a window closing operation and a switch operable by the clutch is effective to deenergize the prime mover when the torque applied to the output member reaches a predetermined value. The switch can be adjustably located relative to the clutch whereby the predetermined value at which the motor will be deenergized may be varied in order to obtain a desired tension on a member connected to the closed sash of the window, such as a chain connected to the sash of a skylight window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Truth Incorporated
    Inventors: John M. Berner, Eric C. Stender, Frank W. Campbell, Allen J. Alden
  • Desktop printer housing
    Patent number: D522566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: DataCard Corporation
    Inventors: Eric C. Stender, Faith J. Rekowski, Arthur J. Paulson, Michael A. Morrison, Charles A. Angell, Brian Clemens
  • Window operator
    Patent number: RE34287
    Abstract: A window operator has a prime mover for opening and closing of a window, with the prime mover being drivingly connected to a drive output member through an intermediate gear structure. A clutch device in the drive structure senses the torque applied to the drive output member in a window closing operation and a switch operable by the clutch is effective to deenergize the prime mover when the torque applied to the output member reaches a predetermined value. The switch can be adjustably located relative to the clutch whereby the predetermined value at which the motor will be deenergized may be varied in order to obtain a desired tension on a member connected to the closed sash of the window, such as a chain connected to the sash of a skylight window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Truth Division of SPX Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Berner, Eric C. Stender, Frank W. Campbell, Allen J. Alden