Patents by Inventor Marvin B. Clause, Jr.

Marvin B. Clause, 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).

  • Overlapping document strip conveying method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4542893
    Abstract: An apparatus and method whereby two superposed strips (26, 28) of documents are conveyed in a direction of conveyance (30) toward a downstream workstation. The strips (26, 28) are conveyed over one another in a direction of superposition whereby the leading edges of documents of one strip alternate in sequence in the direction of conveyance with the leading edges of documents in the other strip. A determination and control (190) circuit determines whether the leading edges of documents in one strip are tending to creep up on the leading edges of documents in the other strip due to differing speeds of motion of the two strips. If a creeping condition is determined, the circuit (190) energizes brake (400) whereby the motion of at least one of the strips is at least temporarily retarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1985
    Assignee: Bell & Howell Company
    Inventors: Marvin B. Clause, Jr., Callie R. Thompson