Patents by Inventor Noel R. Bankston

Noel R. Bankston 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).

  • Output Hopper for Media Processing Devices
    Publication number: 20240166462
    Abstract: An example disclosed output hopper includes a cavity to receive media units from an output of a media processing device, the cavity to cause the media units to form a stack in a first direction; a first door pivotably movable between a closed position and an open position, the first door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position, wherein the first door is configured to pivot on a first axis substantially parallel to the first direction; wherein: the first door includes a first cutout at a first top edge of the first door; and the first cutout allow the media units to spill over the first and second top edges when a capacity of the cavity is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Graham Marshall, Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Thomas R. Helma, Noel R. Bankston
  • Output hopper for media processing devices
    Patent number: 11884501
    Abstract: An example disclosed output hopper includes a cavity to receive media units from an output of a media processing device, the cavity to cause the media units to form a stack in a first direction; a first door pivotably movable between a closed position and an open position, the first door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position, wherein the first door is configured to pivot on a first axis substantially parallel to the first direction; wherein: the first door includes a first cutout at a first top edge of the first door; and the first cutout allow the media units to spill over the first and second top edges when a capacity of the cavity is exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Graham Marshall, Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Thomas R. Helma, Noel R. Bankston
  • Output Hopper for Media Processing Devices
    Publication number: 20200216284
    Abstract: An example disclosed output hopper includes a cavity to receive media units from an output of a media processing device, the cavity to cause the media units to form a stack in a first direction; a first door pivotably movable between a closed position and an open position, the first door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position, wherein the first door is configured to pivot on a first axis substantially parallel to the first direction; wherein: the first door includes a first cutout at a first top edge of the first door; and the first cutout allow the media units to spill over the first and second top edges when a capacity of the cavity is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Graham Marshall, Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Thomas R. Helma, Noel R. Bankston
  • Output hopper for media processing devices
    Patent number: 10633208
    Abstract: An example disclosed output hopper includes a cavity to receive media units from an output of a media processing device, the cavity to cause the media units to form a stack in a first direction; a first door pivotably movable between a closed position and an open position, the first door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position; a second door movable between the closed position and the open position, the second door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position; wherein the first door is configured to pivot on a first axis substantially parallel to the first direction; and the second door is configured to pivot on a second axis substantially parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Graham Marshall, Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Thomas R. Helma, Noel R. Bankston
  • OUTPUT HOPPER FOR MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20190135569
    Abstract: An example disclosed output hopper includes a cavity to receive media units from an output of a media processing device, the cavity to cause the media units to form a stack in a first direction; a first door pivotably movable between a closed position and an open position, the first door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position; a second door movable between the closed position and the open position, the second door to retain the media units in the cavity when in the closed position; wherein the first door is configured to pivot on a first axis substantially parallel to the first direction; and the second door is configured to pivot on a second axis substantially parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Graham Marshall, Konstantinos Tsiopanos, Thomas R. Helma, Noel R. Bankston