Patents by Inventor Sylvia L. Scaife

Sylvia L. Scaife 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).

  • Ink jet coder system and method
    Patent number: 6173551
    Abstract: A cigarette packing apparatus comprising means for repetitively progressing labels through a print location, a signal generator configured to generate a signal indicative of presence of the label as it passes adjacent the print location, a second signal generator configured to generate a signal indicative of a speed at the print location; a fluid jet printer head adjacent the print location and a controller configured to operate the printer head responsively to the first and second signal generators, with an additional arrangement within the packing apparatus defining a contact-free path portion sufficient for ink to dry at the indicia-bearing portion of the label as the label is progressed beyond the print location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard E. Bowman, Jr., Robert C. Kucera, Jr., Patrick S. McElhinney, Sylvia L. Scaife, Stephen D. Brown