Patents by Inventor Larry W. Lykins

Larry W. Lykins 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: 4538651
    Abstract: Two different type toners are packaged in a cartridge having reversible parts. Reversal of the parts, as the two different toners are packaged, insures use of the correct toner in the correct one of two different electrophotographic reproduction devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Larry W. Lykins
  • Patent number: 4502514
    Abstract: A bottom-dumping xerographic toner cartridge is protected by a storage and shipping package having strategically located zipper perforations, and a tuck-flap. One end of the package is removable by virtue of certain zipper perforations. Removal of this end, and operation of other zipper perforations, results in the tuck-flap being exposed for use in mounting the package on the reproduction device whose toner supply is to be replenished. The toner cartridge is then moved out of the package, into the reproduction device. The now-empty package remains supported in a position to catch the toner cartridge's traveling-fold seal, and any toner which may be transported out of the cartridge on the face of the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Philip D. Ballard, Cheryl A. Goin, Paul J. Josephson, Andrew D. Keller, Larry W. Lykins, Jeffrey J. Miller
  • Patent number: D278539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul J. Josephson, Larry W. Lykins