Patents by Inventor Richard T. O'Marra

Richard T. O'Marra 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).

  • Positionally constraining web support
    Patent number: 3986650
    Abstract: Web support for constraining the entering portion of a moving web against change in its spatial lateral position while remaining free to change its angular lateral position. The web support includes a web engaging surface which presents substantially no lateral resistance to the entering position of the moving web, and opposed edge guides mounted in a predetermined position on a fixed frame adjacent to the web engaging surface. The edge guides have opposed web engaging portions a fixed distance apart which distance corresponds substantially to the width of the moving web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1976
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Thaddeus Swanke, Richard T. O'Marra