Patents by Inventor John H. Lanahan

John H. Lanahan 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).

  • Tilt, swivel and vertical control mechanism for CRT terminal
    Patent number: 4304385
    Abstract: A tilt, swivel and vertical control mechanism is provided between a display device such as a CRT and a stable base. The control mechanism provides freedom of motion for the display device such that the device may be tilted, rotated and vertically displaced in order to accommodate user preferences. The control mechanism is further provided with a conduit having a display device cable running therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1981
    Assignee: ICL, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip N. Farouche, John H. Lanahan
  • Information storage card with coded vertical edge
    Patent number: 3974361
    Abstract: This invention is directed to an information storage card having a vertical rear edge with a series of coded notches for identification and selection. When the card is carried in a pack of similar cards the rear vertical edge of each card is aligned so that the notch coded edge of each card is similarly positioned for selection. Accordingly, the selection means of an appropriate card sorting apparatus will be provided with code bars to engage the aligned vertical edges of the cards to distinguish certain selected cards from the remaining cards of the pack. A further notch is also provided in the top of each card which is defined by a vertically extending abutment edge intended to be engaged by means on the apparatus to prevent forward movement of that card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Lanahan, William W. Abraham
  • Record feeding apparatus and method
    Patent number: 3968917
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of feeding record webs or sheets and apparatus for carrying out the method. The record feeding apparatus is shown in conjunction with a printing apparatus having a print head assembly, platen structure, a mechanism for severing a printed record from the remainder of the record and an inking mechanism. The record feeding apparatus includes an edge guide, a rotatable feed wheel having a planar frictional surface which engages one face of the web to exert a resultant drive force on the record when driven, the resultant force being comprised of a force vector of large magnitude extending in the longitudinal direction for feeding the record longitudinally and a force vector of small magnitude extending in the lateral direction for causing the record to be driven laterally to cause its side edge to be in guided contact with the edge guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1976
    Assignee: Monarch Marking Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: John H. Lanahan