Patents by Inventor Ernest L. Staples

Ernest L. Staples 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).

  • Method of assembling a composite print wheel
    Patent number: 4018639
    Abstract: A method of assembling a composite print wheel comprising the steps of locating a hub member in an assembly fixture in a fixed predetermined position; locating an insert member, with character slugs attached, in the assembly fixture such that the print characters on the character slugs align with and fit into a respective molded likeness of a corresponding print character provided in the assembly fixture and then fastening the hub member and the insert member together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Ernest L. Staples, Jr.
  • Damper for a composite print wheel
    Patent number: 3970186
    Abstract: A damper for a composite print wheel comprising two generally circular rings of an elastomer impregnated fabric material with a ring being adhesively coupled to each side of the beams of the print wheel and each ring being adhesively coupled to the other ring in the regions between the beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1976
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon Sohl, Svetislav Mitrovich, Ernest L. Staples