Patents by Inventor Noland E. Vogt

Noland E. Vogt 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).

  • Recording disc cartridge closure mechanism
    Patent number: 4320430
    Abstract: A selectively openable closure mechanism for a magnetic recording disc cartridge for cooperating with a probe member connected to a disc drive unit provides for selectively opening access through an aperture in the cartridge to the interior thereof when the cartridge is inserted into the drive unit and the closure-actuating probe member is received into the cartridge and for closing access to the aperture when a cartridge is removed from the drive unit and the probe member is withdrawn from the cartridge, the mechanism including an arcuate guide track formed in at least one of the top or bottom panels of the cartridge, at least one arcuate door slidably carried by the guide track for selective movement between a closed position and an open position and structure connected to the door for engaging and capturing the probe member upon its reception into the cartridge and for driving the door from the closed position to the open position and back to the closed position upon insertion and withdrawal of the probe w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: Memorex Mini Disc Drive Corporation
    Inventor: Noland E. Vogt
  • Printer unit
    Patent number: D270732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Assignee: Cardinal Scale Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Richard B. Brown, Noland E. Vogt
  • Portable control housing for gas purging system
    Patent number: D309584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: Semi-jGas Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jagadisan Krishnamurthy, Noland E. Vogt