Patents by Inventor Joseph W. Ward

Joseph W. Ward 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: 4264189
    Abstract: An automatic duplicating system in which computer fanfold documents are fed by an automatic handling apparatus having a tractor and drive means for advancing the document across the platen of the processor for the system. An arrangement is provided which will control operation of the processor and the automatic handling apparatus in order to acquire duplex copies of the simplex document. The arrangement includes circuitry and controls which advances the document in a manner wherein a copy of every other frame section is diverted to a holding station and then returned to be reprocessed on its underside with the image of the succeeding frame section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1981
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Russell G. Schroeder, II, Joseph W. Ward