Patents by Inventor Eric T. Andersen

Eric T. Andersen 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).

  • Patent number: 5161460
    Abstract: A multiple screen printing apparatus is disclosed which can be manufactured to loose manufacturing tolerances but yet can print "all screens-down" with accurate and repeatable registration. The registration is a result of having two complementary components for both distance and angular registration which are located near the printing end of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a spring biased loose carrying connection that causes the registration components to seat accurately with one another as the screen is brought into engagement with the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1992
    Inventors: Edward A. Andersen, Eric T. Andersen
  • Patent number: 5011358
    Abstract: A device for indicating the height of the fork of a fork lift truck relative to a home position is set forth. The device includes a controller which compares programmed store and retrieve heights for various shelves in a warehouse with the current height of the fork. A display visible to the operator includes a first display device which indicates the fork is adjacent a particular shelf and is within a predetermined range encompassing the store and retrieve heights of that shelf. A second display device indicates when the fork is at or within a predetermined range of the store or retrieve height for the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Inventors: Eric T. Andersen, Edward A. Andersen
  • Patent number: 4974508
    Abstract: A multiple screen printing apparatus for multiple simultaneous printing in which the screen printing carrier head and the platen carrier head are indexed and locked together when the printing screens are down so as to provide precise registration. This indexing and locking arrangement resists degradation of the screen's registration during normal field use. Also, the apparatus has a precise microregistration adjustment system that permits adjustment of the printing screen attachment or screen clamping member relative to the screen carrier head by a controlled and guided adjustment movement in a single plane between a clamping plate and base member. This arrangement provides a coplanar locking so that no movement of the registration occurs during the clamping action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Inventors: Edward A. Andersen, Eric T. Andersen