Patents by Inventor John E. Cockayne

John E. Cockayne 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).

  • Recirculating document feeder having a self-adjusting base plate
    Patent number: 5108083
    Abstract: An improved recirculating document feeder for presenting sheets from a document sheet stack individually to a station of the reproduction apparatus for reproducing of information contained on such sheets. The improved recirculating document feeder comprises a housing containing a support for a document sheet stack. A feed path extends away from and then back to the document stack support, for directing sheets from the support into association with the reproducing station and then back to the stack. Document sheets are selectively fed from the stack seriatim about the feed path. The feed for the document sheets includes a transport assembly overlying at least a portion of the reproduction apparatus station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Matthew J. Russel, John E. Cockayne
  • Recirculating document feeder having a cross-track registration mechanism and method
    Patent number: 5085418
    Abstract: An improved recirculating document feeder for presenting sheets from a document sheet stack individually to a station of the reproduction apparatus for reproducing of information contained on such sheets. The improved recirculating document feeder comprises a support for a document sheet stack with a selected side of each document sheet facing up and with the selected side of the topmost document sheet in said stack for ready viewing. A feed path extends away from the then back to the document stack support, for directing sheets from the support into association with the reproducing station and then back to the stack, the feed path defining with the support a closed-loop that inverts a sheet and directs the sheet into association with the reproducing station selected side down and then inverts the sheet again and directs the sheet to the top of the stack selected side up. Document sheets are selectively fed from the stack seriatim about the feed path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Alan E. Rapkin, John E. Cockayne