Patents by Inventor John L. Ferrante

John L. Ferrante 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).

  • Microwave bookbinder tape
    Patent number: 6444308
    Abstract: A microwave binder is used in conjunction with paper tape which is coated with one or more formulations of encapsulated, fast setting, water soluble adhesives to bind pages of a book. The tape spine adhesive is of sufficient thickness to allow it to penetrate into the edges of the pages of the bound edge. The microwave heating causes the capsules to rupture, releasing the adhesives to flow into the bound edge of the book.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: John L. Ferrante
  • Bookbinding system employing microwave heating
    Patent number: 6042318
    Abstract: A microwave binder is used in conjunction with paper tape which is coated with one or more formulations of encapsulated, fast setting, water soluble adhesives to bind pages of a book. The tape spine adhesive is of sufficient thickness to allow it to penetrate into the edges of the pages of the bound edge. The microwave heating causes the capsules to rupture, releasing the adhesives to flow into the bound edge of the book.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: John L. Ferrante
  • Method and apparatus for detecting substrate roughness and controlling print quality
    Patent number: 5689757
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the level of roughness in a paper or other substrate to be processed in a machine, and for correspondingly adjusting the machine parameters that are affected by the different levels of substrate roughness, before the substrate is processed through the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: John L. Ferrante, Leela Ganguly, J. Stephen Kittelberger, Kathryn A. Wallace, Joseph R. Weber