Patents by Inventor Raymond Eugene Wess

Raymond Eugene Wess 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: 5828442
    Abstract: An image recording medium, such as a photographic negative filmstrip, has recorded thereon a plurality of images. An index print includes a support sheet on which are recorded a plurality of positive images corresponding to the plurality of images recorded on the filmstrip. The support sheet is physically attached directly to the filmstrip, thereby inhibiting separation of the index print from its filmstrip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Raymond Eugene Wess
  • Patent number: 5699143
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for printing on to a photosensitive material. The apparatus includes a light source for producing light composed of at least two colors, a collimator for collimating the light produced by the light source so as form a beam of light, a modulator for modulating the beam of light in accordance with one of the predetermined color components, a filter for filtering out the color component which has been modulated, and a beam directing device for directing the modulated colored filter beam of light onto a photosensitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Raymond Eugene Wess, Mark Marshall Meyers
  • Patent number: 5689748
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing a photosensitive material. The apparatus includes at least one processing section and a replenishment system for delivering replenishment solution contained within a container to the processing section. The replenishment system including a single device for withdrawing replenishment solution from the container and for monitoring the level of the replenishment solution contained in the container. The container is made of a material that is electrically non-conductive. A pair of spaced electrically conductive members are provided within the container. One of the members has a passageway for allowing withdrawal of the replenishment solution from the container and has a terminal end which extends below the other member within the container. An AC current is applied to the pair of spaced members and the AC current is monitored with a level sensing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Raymond Eugene Wess, Ralph Leonard Piccinino, Jr., John Howard Rosenburgh
  • Patent number: 5689610
    Abstract: An index print includes a recording sheet having a plurality of imagettes representing images stored on a motion picture image recording medium such as a video tape. The plurality of imagettes are less in number than an entire number of images stored on the video tape. An indicator, such as a time or count from the beginning of the video tape, is provided on the recording sheet adjacent the imagettes for indicating substantially where images, corresponding to the imagettes, are stored on the video tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Manico, David Lynn Patton, John Randall Fredlund, Peter Albert Frosig, Raymond Eugene Wess