Patents by Inventor George G. Promis

George G. Promis 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: 4287461
    Abstract: A motor driving system which is particularly useful for driving scanning carriages in a continuously variable reducing electrophotographic copier. The motor driving system produces one of a number of different controlled and repeatable position acceleration and velocity profiles of the scanning carriage with respect to motion of the copier drum; a different position acceleration and velocity profile is produced for each reduction mode in a substantially continuous range of reduction modes. The motor driving arrangement includes a single control loop for driving a servo motor which provides the drive for the scanning carriage. A driving signal source produces a driving signal pulse train, each pulse representing a desired increment of motor travel, and a direction signal representative of the desired direction of travekl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: George G. Promis, Gerald L. Smith, John C. Wilson
  • Patent number: 4206996
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are described for job recovery when jamming of copies occurs in copying devices generating duplex copies electrophotographically from either simplex or duplex originals. Recovery from jams while copying the first side of simplex or duplex originals can normally be immediately effected during the initial, or normal, run, after clearing the jam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gary A. Clark, Frederick W. Johnson, George G. Promis, Jr.