Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Bloom

Thomas E. Bloom 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 removing paper jams from printers
    Patent number: 5246300
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing media jams from a printer throat in a printer in its preferred form is a sheet of flexible material having two linear arrays of spaced pin apertures aligned along opposing sides thereof. The pin apertures are sufficiently spaced to align and mate with pins of a pin drive mechanism of a media feed system. The media feed system advances the apparatus through the printer throat to remove any pieces of media or other debris lodged therein. The sheet of flexible material has a thickness which is at least 50% of the thickness of the printer throat and a compressive strength greater than that of the media or debris lodged in the printer throat. The apparatus provides an efficient, inexpensive, and effective way to remove media jams from a printer. A method for removing media jams using this apparatus is also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Output Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas E. Bloom