Patents by Inventor Jeffrey B. Lyerly

Jeffrey B. Lyerly 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 and method for printing
    Patent number: 5672015
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus in a printing device having a printhead displaceable along a record carrier. The record carrier is supported beneath the printhead by a platen. The improved apparatus includes a mechanism for spacing the printing distance between the printhead and the record carrier. The spacing mechanism is positioned to bear upon the record carrier in advance of the printhead. A mechanism urges the platen away from the printhead and the spacing mechanism so as to permit a ribbon mechanism to be inserted between the printhead and the platen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Lyerly, Frederick C. Miller, Carl W. Robinson
  • Drive up teller machine
    Patent number: 5020789
    Abstract: A teller machine for drive up applications is disclosed. The machine has a safe with an access slot. The machine also has a user panel which has an opening that lies transverse to the slot. A document carrier is described which rotates documents around two different axes as it carries them between the slot and the opening to allow passage of the documents through both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Droge, Jeffrey B. Lyerly, William E. Mott, Lance W. Whitehead, Matthew G. Yenik