Patents by Inventor John A. Schempp, Jr.

John A. Schempp, 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).

  • Photographic printer with mechanism for placing contact print slide at paper print gate
    Patent number: 5969804
    Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for placing a contact print slide (134) in a photographic printer (10) having a platen (54) for supporting a photographic paper (32) during exposure of an image (88, 90) onto the paper at a paper print gate (36) at the platen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Carl W. Roy, John A. Schempp, Jr.
  • Photographic printer with mechanism for placing contact print slide at paper print gate
    Patent number: 5923411
    Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for placing a contact print slide (134) in a photographic printer (10) having a platen (54) for supporting a photographic paper (32) during exposure of an image (88, 90) onto the paper at a paper print gate (36) at the platen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Carl W. Roy, John A. Schempp, Jr.
  • Apparatus for reading optical code on moving photographic film
    Patent number: 5644120
    Abstract: An apparatus for reading optical code on a moving web of photographic film includes a first frame (84); a pair of parallel tracks (132, 134) supported by the fast frame; a pair of carriage members (138, 140) mounted for movement along the tracks; a pair of oppositely facing edge guides (148, 156, 158) each supported by one of the carriage members, each edge guide including a serpentine contact surface (160) with a central portion (162) for engaging an edge surface of a moving web; and a mechanism (106-120) for moving the carriage members back and forth along the tracks; and a pair of flexures (122, 124) for resiliently engaging the mechanism for moving with the carriage members, to resiliently load the edges of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Carl Wilson Roy, John A. Schempp, Jr.