Patents by Inventor Ralph E. Grady

Ralph E. Grady 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: 5022524
    Abstract: A light-tight package, for securely containing a light-sensitive article, comprises a mating pair of rectanguloid inner and outer boxes. The inner box, adapted to enclose the light-sensitive article, has a bottom wall, front and rear walls, opposite end walls, and a closable and openable top wall with an integral flap that tucks inside the front wall. The outer box, adapted to enclose the inner box, has a top wall, front and rear walls, and opposite end walls, but no bottom wall. The walls of both boxes are formed by selective folding of specially configured paperboard blanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Ralph E. Grady
  • Patent number: 4787513
    Abstract: A light-tight cassette is disclosed for handling and dispensing a roll of photosensitive web material. The cassette comprises a plurality of side walls erected or formed from a single sheet of material in which the ends thereof are folded back upon themselves in a triangular configuration to define a pair of faceted tubes. When the cassette is assembled, a narrow web exit passageway is defined by two opposed facets of the respective tubes. The side walls comprise first and second side walls of convexly outwardly curved cross sections adjacent the tubes. A pair of end closure caps serve to close the side edges of the side walls and to support the roll and core for unwinding rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ronald E. Auble, Ralph E. Grady