Patents by Inventor Jerome C. Rifken

Jerome C. Rifken 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: 4316217
    Abstract: Apparatus for connecting a cable television system utilizing a multi-channel converter having a preselector switch and a preselected converter very high frequency output signal to a video cassette recorder and/or a television receiver. The apparatus includes an input for receiving the signals transmitted by the cable system; first and second conduits defining first and second flow paths, with the converter being disposed in the first flow path; a trap disposed in the second flow path for eliminating the preselected converter output signal from the signals transmitted by the cable system and passing through the second flow path; and a device for combining the preselected converter output signal in the first flow path and the signals transmitted through the second flow path and for transmitting the combined signal to the video cassette recorder and/or television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1982
    Inventor: Jerome C. Rifken
  • Patent number: 4272791
    Abstract: Apparatus for connecting a cable television system utilizing a multi-channel converter having a preselector switch and a preselected converter very high frequency output signal to a video cassette recorder and/or a television receiver. The apparatus includes an input for receiving the signals transmitted by the cable system; first and second conduits defining first and second flow paths, with the converter being disposed in the first flow path; a trap disposed in the second flow path for eliminating the preselected converter output signal from the signals transmitted by the cable system and passing through the second flow path; and a device for combining the preselected converter output signal in the first flow path and the signals transmitted through the second flow path and for transmitting the combined signal to the video cassette recorder and/or television receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Inventor: Jerome C. Rifken