Patents by Inventor John W. McCloud, II

John W. McCloud, II 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).

  • Tape transporting device
    Patent number: 4814899
    Abstract: A tape transport for driving a continuous master tape and a copy tape through a tape contact printing station at a very high speed. The master tape has a prerecorded signal the reverse image of which is transferred onto the copy tape by the tape contact printing station. The tape transport enables the master and copy tapes to maintain contact and registration with the required degree of accuracy to produce an acceptable signal transfer which generates a high quality video signal for use in home video cassette recorders and viewing equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Otari Electric Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: John E. Gantzhorn, Jr., John W. McCloud, II, Koichi Sota, Jun Taniguchi
  • High speed thermomagnetic tape duplication
    Patent number: 4698701
    Abstract: A process and equipment is disclosed that is capable of duplicating magnetic tapes at speeds higher than 2.5 meters/second. Tape surfaces are selected that have sufficient roughness to readily permit air to bleed from between surfaces as they are held together by air pressure during the duplication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1987
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: John E. Gantzhorn, Jr., John W. McCloud, II, Robert O. Uhler