Patents by Inventor Michael J. Bergeron

Michael J. Bergeron 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).

  • Mechanism for facilitating document sheet settling in an improved recirculating document feeder
    Patent number: 5076558
    Abstract: Settling of document sheets returned to the document sheet stack support in such support is facilitated by a flow of positive pressure air directed at document sheets travelling in the document sheet feed path downstream, in the direction of sheet travel from the fourth feed mechanism, and a flexible member, extending into the sheet feed path, located between the fourth feed mechanism and the air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Bergeron, Joel J. Ruggiero