Patents by Inventor P. W. Thomas Moran

P. W. Thomas Moran 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).

  • Photographic medium cartridge with magnetically activated status indicator
    Patent number: 5737650
    Abstract: A cartridge (10) of web material includes a hollow cartridge body (14) having an exit slit (26); a strip or sheet (12) of web material enclosed in the cartridge body to be withdrawn from or inserted into the cartridge body via the exit slit; at least one magnetic member (38, 40; 130; 172-178; 240; 290,292) carried on the strip or sheet; and a magnetically actuated visual indicator (36) mounted on the cartridge body adjacent the exit slit to be actuated by the magnetic member when the strip or sheet is withdrawn from or inserted into the cartridge body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: John R. Debesis, J. Kelly Lee, William Mey, P. W. Thomas Moran, Svetlana Reznik