Patents by Inventor Joseph Ladd Binford

Joseph Ladd Binford 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).

  • Method and apparatus for locating the process postion of a scan line in an electrophotographic machine
    Patent number: 6697094
    Abstract: A laser beam sensor assembly in an electrophotographic machine includes a sensor device detecting a position of a laser beam in a process direction. The sensor device has a detection range in the process direction. The sensor device has at least one slot or at least one projection. A fixed structure has an other of the at least one slot and the at least one projection. The at least one slot and the at least one projection coact to allow the sensor device to slide in the process direction to a location such that the laser beam is at a desired position within the detection range of the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Ladd Binford, III, Christopher Gregory Chee, Wilson Morgan Routt, Jr.
  • Method and apparatus for locating the process postion of a scan line in an electrophotographic machine
    Publication number: 20020167583
    Abstract: A laser beam sensor assembly in an electrophotographic machine includes a sensor device detecting a position of a laser beam in a process direction. The sensor device has a detection range in the process direction. The sensor device has at least one slot or at least one projection. A fixed structure has an other of the at least one slot and the at least one projection. The at least one slot and the at least one projection coact to allow the sensor device to slide in the process direction to a location such that the laser beam is at a desired position within the detection range of the sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph Ladd Binford, Christopher Gregory Chee, Wilson Morgan Routt