Patents by Inventor Peter Prohaska

Peter Prohaska 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: 4505552
    Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to an electro-optical device for use with a facsimile printer, telecopier, etc., designed to accommodate line-at-a-time output of picture information with the aid of an electrically controllable electro-optical substrate. In particular, there is disclosed a solution to the problem of adjusting the electro-optical elements to provide the desired rectilinear output of picture information. The electro-optically active substrate (1) is supported in a frame-like housing (17) such that it may be adjusted perpendicularly relative to a longitudinal edge (18) of the substrate (1) by means of an adjustable ledge (31) and a resilient support (33). A beam of light from a light source (37) is shaped and directed onto the substrate by means of a light-shape converter (36) which can be adjusted relative to the substrate by means of a cross slide arrangement (51, 57) having 2.degree. freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Assignee: International Standard Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Prohaska
  • Patent number: 4257348
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for measuring the concentration of toner in a developer mixture composed of toner and a ferromagnetic carrier material, e.g., in an electro-photographic developing device. The device comprises a measuring oscillator which comprises an inductance-including component comprising at least one coil wherein the conductor paths of the coil lie substantially in one plane; means for passing at least a portion of the developer mixture into the zone of the inductance; and means for evaluating changes in the frequency of the oscillator resulting from changes in the developer mixture composition passing over the zone of inductance. Also disclosed is an electro-photographic copying apparatus embodying the foregoing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Peter Prohaska