Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Edney

Thomas R. Edney 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).

  • Media path direction control device and method of reversing a media path
    Patent number: 7201524
    Abstract: A media path control device has two sets of parallel arms with opposing rollers to manipulate the movement of print media. The arms are moveable in a substantially vertical plane through motors. The arms can be of different lengths to establish an optimal trajectory or height of the media to change the trajectory or travel path of the media. The rollers are reversible to change the trajectory or travel path of the media. Rotation of the arms may be stopped at various points along their travel arc to position the media at a desired or plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Brent R. Jones, Keng Leong Ng, Joshua K. Hoyt, Yin Mei Sia, Aaron T. Nelson, Thomas R. Edney, Scott J. Korn, Boon Hang Ng
  • Sheet deskew system and method
    Patent number: 7063318
    Abstract: Systems and methods for deskewing a substrate with at least one of a first substrate supplying member and second substrate supplying member that supplies substrates to a chamber that receives the sheet supplied from both the first substrate supplying member and the second substrate supplying member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jos W. Jacobs, Thomas R. Edney, Nathan E. Hult