Patents by Inventor John Marchetti

John Marchetti 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: 4074427
    Abstract: Auxiliary trimmer unit for an electric dry shaver comprising a stationary and a movable cutter wherein the movable cutter is provided with spaced dual cutting surfaces. A guard unit is provided for the trimmer unit and means are provided to permit shifting of the guard alternately from a position where a first of the cutting surfaces of the trimmer is covered and a second position where the first cutting surface is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1978
    Assignee: Sperry Rand Corporation
    Inventors: Michael John Marchetti, Edward Szymansky, Jr.
  • Patent number: 3959729
    Abstract: A receiver selectively and variably tunable to one of a number of broadcast stations has an electro-optic tuning indicator for providing a visual indication of a selected station. The indicator includes a station encoder having a plurality of sets of indicia representative of a plurality of frequencies of the broadcast stations which are arranged to move past a reading station as the receiver is tuned. Positioned at the reading station is an optical reader including a light source arranged on one side of the station encoder and a fiber optic bundle having its proximal end arranged on the opposite side of the station encoder for alignment with a set of indicia. A photoelectric device forming the input to an electrical digital decoder is coupled to the distal end of the fiber optic bundle. The output of the digital decoder is coupled to a digital display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: John A. Marchetti
  • Patent number: 3953800
    Abstract: A radio or television receiver is selectively tunable to one of a number of carrier frequencies transmitted from distant broadcast stations and has a tuning indicator for displaying the frequency of a selected station. The indicator includes a station frequency encoder, having a plurality of sets of indicia representative of a plurality of frequencies of the broadcast stations, arranged to move, as the receiver is tuned, between a light source and the proximal end of a fiber optic bundle. The distal end of the fiber optic bundle is arranged on a display panel to illuminate segments of seven-bar numerical configuration in the form of a squared figure eight. When the receiver is tuned to a station, the indicia, corresponding to the frequency of the station, are aligned with the proximal ends of the fiber optic bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1973
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao Nakamura, Barry C. Detwiler, John A. Marchetti