Patents by Inventor Lawrence R. Sohm

Lawrence R. Sohm 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: 4057341
    Abstract: Control circuitry is disclosed for operating stations in an automatic electrophotographic reproducing machine in either of two modes to make copies of different sizes. In one mode a document is held stationary while moving scanning elements move past it to form a scanned image, and in the second mode the scanning elements are held stationary while a document feeder feeds sheet documents past the scanning elements. The control circuity includes a multiplexer for gating appropriate signals to the various stations according to the mode in which the machine is operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1977
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Lawrence R. Sohm
  • Patent number: 3989930
    Abstract: In a billing apparatus of a copier/duplicator machine, a plurality of counters are provided for recording the numbers of the copies made by different counters according to the size of the copies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1976
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Lawrence R. Sohm
  • Patent number: 3989368
    Abstract: An automatic reproducing machine having a control system for cycling out the machine. The control system includes elements for sensing the trail edge of the copy sheet and for generating signals indicative thereof. A circuit responsive to the trail edge signal is provided for cycling out and stopping the copying operation of the reproducing machine. In an alternative embodiment cycle out is responsive to both document original and copy sheet trail edge signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1976
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Lawrence R. Sohm