Patents by Inventor Mikel J. Bixby

Mikel J. Bixby 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: 4664511
    Abstract: A registration board capable of dissipating static electricity through a conductive sink for use in a vacuum frame exposure system. The board comprises a bottom layer with channels and slots for registration pin flex plates, a middle layer for spacing and with guide holes for the registration pins, and a top layer of a conductive and resiliently compressible material. The static electricity that builds up from movement of materials in a vacuum frame printing process is bled off the conductive top layer through a conductive element placed between the top and middle layer and extending to the underside of the bottom layer which can either merge the static electricity with the greater field of the blanket or be selectively attached to an external ground connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Chesley F. Carlson Co.
    Inventors: Chesley F. Carlson, Mikel J. Bixby