Patents by Inventor Roger E. Ditzel

Roger E. Ditzel 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: 4861015
    Abstract: An apparatus for receiving sheets traveling seriatem along a path, and accumulating such sheets in a stack justified along one marginal edge thereof. The apparatus includes a tray into which sheets are directed, one after another, from the sheet travel path for accumulating such sheets into a stack on the tray. A striker plate is associated with one marginal edge of the tray. The accumulated sheets are continuously urged into engagement with the striker plate to justify one margin of the accumulated sheet stack. The mechanism for urging the sheets into engagement with the striker plate is supported relative to the striker plate on the opposite side from the sheet travel path and extending over the tray, and under the influence of gravitational forces follows the level of the topmost sheet in the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Floyd E. Stearns, Jeffery A. Pitas, Robert D. LeRoy, Roger E. Ditzel