Patents by Inventor Peter Hepper

Peter Hepper 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 ribbon mechanism for instrument recorders
    Patent number: 4141662
    Abstract: To simplify transport of a recording ribbon, such as an inked ribbon, making an impression record on a recording strip of a chart-type instrument recorder, the ribbon is formed as a closed, endless loop which is guided in a path adjacent the printing mechanism to impress a mark recording paper; the ribbon transport operates in one direction only to move the ribbon, in steps, thereby avoiding difficulties with respect to ribbon reversal and attendant constructional complications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1979
    Assignee: Elmes Staub & Co., AG
    Inventors: Peter Hepper, Willy Steiner