Patents by Inventor Thomas Hull

Thomas Hull 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: 20070253020
    Abstract: A graphic user interface for controlling a production printer is disclosed. The graphic user interface displays representations of the document to be produced by the production printer. Further, the interface provides visual indicators to indicate the page features applied to the pages of the document. The graphic user interface allows the operator to view the applied page features for each page in the document to verify they are correct prior to producing the document on the production printer. Further, the operator can modify incorrectly applied page features or add additional page features to correct errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Hull, David Hansen
  • Publication number: 20060231437
    Abstract: An apparatus for storing and protecting a length of rope or similar line. The apparatus includes a container and a rope at least partially storable within the container. The rope includes a withdrawable portion selectively withdrawable from storage within the container. The container is configured such that the withdrawable portion of the rope can be selectively drawn back into storage within the container. The apparatus further includes a clutch coupled to the container, the clutch configured to releasably non-slippingly engage the withdrawable portion of the rope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventor: Thomas Hull
  • Publication number: 20050248798
    Abstract: A quality check of the photoconductive belt of an electrographic print engine may be performed by writing a toner image on each of the virtual image frames of the loop and printing out those images. The printer user interface may provide a test screen to prompt a user to perform such a quality check. To facilitate the printing of sample receivers for each frame of a printer's film loop a user button is provided at the user interface. When selected, this signals the marking engine to schedule for print an appropriate number of receivers such that each frame on the film belt will be printed on. Each receiver may be a duplicate copy of a particular receiver in the currently printing job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Mark Hughes, Frederick Altrieth, Thomas Hull