Patents by Inventor Eric L Ames

Eric L Ames 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).

  • Tearing tool
    Patent number: 6840421
    Abstract: A tool is provided that has a grasper adapted to selectively grasp a tearable medium, a conveyer adapted to selectively move the grasper along an axis to move the tearable medium against a tear-off edge to sever the tearable medium, and a controller adapted to transmit a first signal for instructing the conveyer to move the grasper and a second signal for instructing the grasper to grasp the tearable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Urlaub, Daiquiri Rose Fouch, Frederic Adam Ornellas, Eric L Ames