Patents by Inventor Luther R. Winters, Jr.

Luther R. Winters, Jr. 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: 4239404
    Abstract: A dispenser for a roll of paper, a deflectable paper guide and systems for indicating when a predetermined amount of paper is left on the roll and when the supply of paper is totally exhausted. The paper dispenser is mounted on a printer frame and includes first and second cylindrical rollers having large and small diameter sections which permit the roll of paper to be readily inserted in and removed from the dispenser assembly. The deflectable paper guide is positioned between the paper dispenser and a fixed paper guide and includes a bar oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of the roll of paper and biaser which forms a loop in the paper guide. The low paper quantity indicating system includes an infra red transmitter and an infra red receiver which are positioned in axial alignment on opposite ends of the roll of paper. An indicating device indicates when a clear path is established between the transmitter and the receiver which is indicative of a predetermined amount of paper remaining on the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignee: Scope Data Incorporated
    Inventors: Fred A. DeFilipps, Roy O. Lipper, Luther R. Winters, Jr., Larry A. Nordstrom, Daniel J. Szechy
  • Patent number: 4091765
    Abstract: A developing and fusing apparatus for applying a single component magnetically responsive dry particulate toner powder to a latent electrostatic image on electrostatic copy paper and fusing the thusly applied toner powder onto the surface of the copy paper with the developing section of the apparatus having a permanent magnet applicator roll assembly which moves the toner powder about the periphery thereof into the vicinity of the copy paper to transfer the toner powder onto the copy paper with the amount of toner powder passing around the applicator roll assembly being controlled by doctor blades, and a cartridge which dispenses the toner powder onto the applicator roll assembly for passage around the applicator roll assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: Vivian L. Lowthorp, Executrix of the Estate of Ernest C. Lowthorp, deceased
    Inventors: Ernest C. Lowthorp, deceased, Frances T. Arnold, Luther R. Winters, Jr., Roy Lippert