Patents by Inventor Ernest E. Brizzolara

Ernest E. Brizzolara 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).

  • Image forming apparatus having a positioning mechanism for multiple developing units
    Patent number: 5268719
    Abstract: Image forming apparatus includes a developing device for toning electrostatic images on an image member such as a photoconductive drum. The development device includes four developing units indexable through a single development position. Applicators for the developing units are fixed together and gimballed with respect to the image member. The applicator at the development position is accurately spaced from the image member by a pair of rollers that ride on rails fixed to the applicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James G. Rydelek, Paul H. Tam, Ernest E. Brizzolara
  • Web material storage device
    Patent number: 4059211
    Abstract: A continuous web handling device includes two web storage structures, both of which can receive and discharge web material. A selector mechanism including a rotatable web guide turret directs the web material into a selected one of said structures and simultaneously directs the material previously stored in the other of said structures to be delivered therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1977
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Ernest E. Brizzolara