Patents by Inventor Klaus F. Stricker

Klaus F. Stricker 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: 4242709
    Abstract: A strip media drive system has a pair of rotatable strip media packs for reeling the strip media therebetween. An endless belt couples the rotation of the media packs together. A belt tensioner creates a greater tension in a portion of the endless belt leaving than in the portion entering the belt tensioner. The belt tensioner includes at least first and second rotatable rollers. The first roller has a hard outer periphery and the second roller has a viscoelastic outer periphery. The first and second rollers are forced together on opposite sides of the endless belt so that as the belt is drawn therebetween, rolling friction between the rollers creates the higher tension in the portion of the belt leaving the tensioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Inventor: Klaus F. Stricker