Patents by Inventor Lee M. Calhoun

Lee M. Calhoun 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: 6181409
    Abstract: A method of providing information on the back side of a developed photographic medium having an image carrying layer on the front side. The method comprises machine reading code on the developed imaging carrying layer on the front side of the photographic medium. In the method, information is printed on the back side of the developed photographic medium with a printer, based on the machine read code. An apparatus, which can execute a method of the invention, for providing information on a back side of a developed photographic medium having an image carrying layer on the front side, has a reader to read machine readable code in the developed imaging carrying layer on the front side of the photographic medium. The apparatus further has a printer communicating with the reader so as to print information on the back side of the developed photographic medium based on the machine read code. The method may include printing and developing the photographic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Lee M. Calhoun
  • Patent number: 4805892
    Abstract: A loop is formed between upstream and downstream pairs of rollers by driving the downstream pair slower than the upstream pair and/or by a direction changing guide. The downstream pair of rollers is axially movable to bring an in-track edge of a sheet to a predetermined sensed position to cross-track register the sheet. The loop permits cross-track movement of the sheet despite engagement of the sheet with the upstream pair of rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Lee M. Calhoun
  • Patent number: 4602775
    Abstract: A modular cover inserter unit is located between a copier/duplicator which produces sets of copy sheets and a finisher which forms booklets from the sets of copy sheets. The cover inserter unit includes a sheet transport that advances sheets from the copier/duplicator to the booklet finisher. Covers are stacked on two supports in the inserter unit and fed from the supports to the sheet transport. An inverter in the unit can invert a cover before it reaches the booklet finisher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Lee M. Calhoun, John D. Gross