Patents by Inventor Phil Bryer

Phil Bryer 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).

  • CARD PRINTER AND METHOD OF PRINTING ON CARDS
    Publication number: 20080089730
    Abstract: A compact system adapted for card imaging, card laminating, or other card processing, comprises a card processor positioned on a horizontal card feed path and configured to process one or both faces of a rectangular card such as a plastic credit or debit card. A card feeder is arranged to feed cards one at a time onto the horizontal feed path upstream of the card processor, the feeder comprising a compartment for holding a stack of vertical cards each supported on a long edge and a card feed mechanism configured to successively draw a card from an end of the stack and translate it off the stack. A card re-director is configured to receive the card and to redirect it to an attitude in which it is parallel with the horizontal card feed path and positioned to be fed to the card processor along the horizontal feed path. The compartment is located above the horizontal card feed path, and the card feeder feeds cards substantially vertically downward into the card re-director.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Caleb Bryant, Phil Bryer, Daniel Perry, Alexander Peter, Lionel Chavarria
  • Card printer and method of printing on cards
    Publication number: 20050082738
    Abstract: A compact system adapted for card imaging, card laminating, or other card processing, comprises a card processor positioned on a horizontal card feed path and configured to process one or both faces of a rectangular card such as a plastic credit or debit card. A card feeder is arranged to feed cards one at a time onto the horizontal feed path upstream of the card processor, the feeder comprising a compartment for holding a stack of vertical cards each supported on a long edge and a card feed mechanism configured to successively draw a card from an end of the stack and translate it off the stack. A card re-director is configured to receive the card and to redirect it to an attitude in which it is parallel with the horizontal card feed path and positioned to be fed to the card processor along the horizontal feed path. The compartment is located above the horizontal card feed path, and the card feeder feeds cards substantially vertically downward into the card re-director.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Caleb Bryant, Phil Bryer, Daniel Perry, Alexander Peter, Lionel Chavarria
  • Tape drive assembly with an automatic door opening/closing mechanism
    Patent number: 5371642
    Abstract: A compact tape drive assembly that has a door which is completely closed when a tape is inserted into the drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Wangtek
    Inventor: Phil Bryer