Patents by Inventor James B. Gahan

James B. Gahan 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: 5069438
    Abstract: A paper cassette support and associated paper feed for reproduction apparatus are assembled as a module. The paper cassette support is made of a resinous material which includes carbon fibers to minimize the deposit of electrostatic charge and self-lubricating material for providing bearings which are molded unitarily with the side panels. The side panels, when assembled, define a cassette support section and a paper transport section, the cassette support section having shelves and cassette retaining springs molded therein. Paper transport slots are molded into step portions of the side panels, as are bearings and spring retainers for shafts and spindles supporting pairs of rollers. An associated feed drive includes output shafts for rotating D-rollers that frictionally advance paper one sheet at a time from paper stacks in cassettes received in the paper cassette support section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Carl T. Urban, James B. Gahan