Patents by Inventor Victor Gates

Victor Gates 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: 6116596
    Abstract: An improvement in sheet sorters in which movable bins are incremented past a sheet entrance and the bins are cantilever-mounted and incremented in the sorter from only one side of the bins. The unsupported side or end of at least one of the cantilevered bins is temporarily supported to prevent its sagging from the weight of sheets loaded therein, or other causes. Specifically, the free end of the bin which is currently in position to receive sheets entering the sorter from the sheet entrance is supported by a small rotatably driven indexing bin support, such as a star-wheel, which is mounted to allow unrestricted access to the bins for the removal of stacks of sorted sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Len Victor Gates
  • Patent number: 4403000
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for forming a cohesive display object and associated display items. The invention contemplates a display object which is at least partially covered with flock (crushed fiberous material, such as rayon) and at least one display item which back side is at least partially covered with flock. The method comprises the steps of coating at least part of the surface of the display object and the back of the display item with a non-drying adhesive; then covering the coated surface with flock. Contact of the adjacent flock-coated surfaces of the display object and items will create a cohesive force and removably secure the display item to the display object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1983
    Inventor: Victor Gates