Patents by Inventor James C. Fotte, Jr.

James C. Fotte, Jr. 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).

  • Apparatus for positioning a spool or similar object
    Patent number: 5105535
    Abstract: A pair of skewers (540,542) are slidably mounted to a frame (516-534) and connected to a mechanism (538) which can move the skewers toward and away from each other to position or release an object such as a spool (10), the mechanism including a crank member (580), a U-shaped link (544) connected between one skewer and the crank member, a cam plate (572,574) connected between the other skewer and a cam follower (590) carried by the crank member, so that rotation of the crank member causes the skewers to toward or away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James C. Fotte, Jr., William C. Lebbon