Patents by Inventor Steven Hosking

Steven Hosking 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).

  • Publication number: 20080053875
    Abstract: A document feeder system for use in a document sorting apparatus is disclosed. The document feeder system comprises upper and lower portions, each having respective feeder elements for feeding documents from a hopper, the upper and lower portions being movable relative to one another between a feeding position, in which the feeder elements of the upper and lower portions are engageable with a document to be fed, and a jam clearance position, in which a document between the feeder elements of the upper and lower portions may be retrieved, wherein the upper and lower portions are urged into the feeding position by a constant force spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon Calverley, John Skinner, Steven Hosking, Antony Leonard
  • Publication number: 20080054544
    Abstract: A document feeder system for use in a document sorting apparatus is disclosed. The document feeder system comprises upper and lower portions, each having respective feeder elements for feeding documents from a hopper, the upper and lower portions being movable relative to one another between, a feeding position, in which the feeder elements of the upper and lower portions are engageable with a document to be fed, and a jam clearance position, in which a document between the feeder elements of the upper and lower portions may be retrieved, wherein the upper and lower portions are urged into the feeding position by a constant force spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon Calverley, John Skinner, Steven Hosking, Antony Leonard
  • Publication number: 20080054545
    Abstract: A document feeder system for use in a document sorting apparatus is disclosed. The document feeder system comprises upper and lower portions, each having respective feeder elements for feeding documents from a hopper, the upper and lower portions being movable relative to one another between a feeding position, in which the feeder elements of the upper and lower portions are engageable with a document to be fed, and a jam clearance position, in which a document between the feeder elements of the upper and lower portions may be retrieved, wherein the upper and lower portions are urged into the feeding position by a constant force spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon Calverley, John Skinner, Steven Hosking, Antony Leonard
  • Publication number: 20070278138
    Abstract: A document feeder system (4) for use in a document sorting apparatus (1) is disclosed. The document feeder system (4) comprises upper (102) and lower (101) portions, each having respective feeder elements for feeding documents from a hopper (100), the upper and lower portions being movable relative to one another between a feeding position, in which the feeder elements of the upper and lower portions are engageable with a document to be fed, and a jam clearance position, in which a document between the feeder elements of the upper and lower portions may be retrieved, wherein the upper and lower portions are urged into the feeding position by a constant force spring (121).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: De La Rue International Limited
    Inventors: Simon Calverley, John Skinner, Steven Hosking, Antony Leonard