Patents by Inventor Gerard Finlay

Gerard Finlay 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).

  • Imprinter apparatus with changeable cassette imprint roller structure
    Patent number: 4802412
    Abstract: Electric motor driven imprinter apparatus for imprinting characters from a character imprint source member onto document sheets or the like, including a housing having a driven roller moved back and forth transversely across an imprint station, a horizontally slidable carrier block member and a changeable cassette carried by the block member having a changeable vertically slidable roller block member and a roller rotatably carried thereby. A pair of spaced apart rotatable sprockets and an endless drive chain having a spud projecting therefrom and provided for driving the carrier block member and roller block member back and forth through advance and return strokes spanning the imprint station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: Security Imprinter Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Edwards, Gerard Finlay, David J. Boyle, Clyde C. Heasly, Jr., Joseph M. Walsh, Ralph J. Poling
  • Imprinter apparatus with document activated document and card carrier
    Patent number: 4744296
    Abstract: A document activated imprinter apparatus for imprinting characters from a credit card comprising a housing with entrance and exit slots, imprinting means, a carrier member with a flat upwardly facing surface, receiving and positioning means, guiding and reciprocating means and forward drive means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: Security Imprinter Corporation
    Inventors: David G. Edwards, Gerard Finlay, David J. Boyle