Patents by Inventor Sunny McCormick

Sunny McCormick 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: 5980381
    Abstract: A vent assembly for controlling flow of air into a room. The vent assembly comprises a housing and a damper member mounted entirely within the housing. The housing is mounted to a surface of the room such that air passing through an air duct pass through a passageway defined by the housing. Air flowing through the passageway causes the damper member to rotate into an open position; when no air is flowing through the passageway, gravity or another force (such as a return spring) causes the damper member to remain in a closed position. A control member may be provided to allow the damper member to placed into a locked closed configuration, a locked open configuration, or an open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Inventor: Sunny McCormick
  • Patent number: 4890825
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a paper sheet stacking and jogging apparatus for the semi-continuous stacking and jogging of individually fed sheets of paper from devices such as printing or duplicating machinery. A conveyor, comprising a pair of powered forward pinch rollers and a pair of powered rearward pinch rollers each having a plurality of driving tires, conveys the sheets within the apparatus. A beam strengthener, comprising two pairs of crowned and recessed tires, which are not driving tires, give the sheets beam strength as they are deposited to prevent jamming of the apparatus. A high-capacity, self-leveling tray assembly and elevating elevator receives the deposited sheets. A jogger selectively jogs the sheets which are deposited into the tray assembly into physically separated, distinct, aligned job stacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1990
    Assignee: EMF Corporation
    Inventors: Walter A. (Sunny) McCormick, Douglas W. Langton, Wilbur J. Kellum, III, Thomas C. Saunders, Gregory Phillips