Patents by Inventor Scott Howard Schwallie

Scott Howard Schwallie 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).

  • Apparatus and method for loading and partially unloading a camera with a discrete film strip
    Patent number: 5721960
    Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for loading and unloading a photographic camera (426) of a type including an external housing (428, 478) having a movable closure (484) giving access to a film guide track (566) within the camera, the guide track extending between an unexposed film chamber (562) and an exposed film chamber (564), the apparatus including a light tight housing (12, 14, 18); a source (24) for unexposed photographic film positioned within the light tight housing; a nest (74) for receiving a camera within the light tight housing; film loading device (72) extending between the source and the nest for guiding film from the source into the film guide track within the camera; a film unloading device ((82) for guiding film from the camera; a cutter (84) for cutting exposed film unloaded from the camera; a device (292, 708, 710, 878) for driving film from the source, along the loading device and into the camera; and a device (584, 602, 708, 710, 874) for driving film from the camera along the unloading means to th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dennis Roland Zander, Paul Teremy, William Andrew Bergstresser, Eric Peschan Hochreiter, Scott Howard Schwallie