Patents by Inventor Richard G. Berube

Richard G. Berube 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).

  • Tape winding system
    Patent number: 4436251
    Abstract: Apparatus for winding a preselected, programmable amount of tape under a predetermined level of tension is described. The tape is automatically placed under the predetermined level of tension prior to actually winding the tape onto the hub. The tape is fed at a variable speed according to a look-up table, while it is wound onto a hub, and is servoloop controlled so as to maintain constant tension on the tape as the speed at which the tape is fed changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1984
    Assignee: King Instrument Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph P. Deyesso, David Sarser, Richard G. Berube
  • Splicer presser pad
    Patent number: 4430145
    Abstract: An improved pressure pad attached to a plunger mechanism of a splicer utilized on an automatic cassette tape loading machine. The pad has a multiplicity of intersecting slots in its bottom surface and at least one aperture penetrating its thickness. The aperture is connected to a vacuum passageway so as to provide communication between the slots and a vacuum source. The slots provide even distribution of a suction force to the splicing tape as it is applied to the tapes to be spliced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: King Instrument Corporation
    Inventor: Richard G. Berube
  • Cassette correlator
    Patent number: 4271955
    Abstract: A cassette correlator for positioning between a tape cassette storage magazine and a cassette tape loading machine, the cassette correlator being designed to assure that empty tape cassettes emerging from the magazine will be oriented for proper reception by the tape loading machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Assignee: King Instrument Corporation
    Inventor: Richard G. Berube
  • Reel holding hub assembly
    Patent number: 4165050
    Abstract: The invention is a new hub assembly for mounting magnetic tape supply reels for rotation on a selected axis, e.g. in a tape cassette loading machine. The hub assembly comprises a hub adapted to be mounted on a selected axis, a clamping element in the form of a resilient ring on the periphery of the hub, and camming means and cam followers for expanding the resilient ring outwardly of the periphery of the hub so that the hub can exert pressure on a reel mounted on the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1979
    Assignee: King Instrument Corporation
    Inventor: Richard G. Berube