Patents by Inventor Ward Payn

Ward Payn 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).

  • Meter base drive assembly
    Patent number: 4897530
    Abstract: A meter base drive assembly (4) is a part of a postage meter base (2), to which a postage meter is mounted. The assembly includes envelope drive (62), a tape dispenser (86) and a print head drive (84) mounted to a base frame (12). The drive assembly includes a motor drive (6), pivotally mounted (10, 14) to the frame, which drive a pulley (8) in a first rotary direction. First, second and third driven pulleys (16, 18, 56) are operably coupled to the envelope drive, print head drive tape dispenser respectively. A dual pulley (20), including first and second ppulley element (28, 53), is pivotally mounted (34, 36; 102, 104) to the frame. One side (30) of a first drive belt (26) engages the drive pulley and the second driven pulley. The second side (32) of the first drive belt engages the first pulley element. A second drive belt (52) engages the second pulley element and the second driven pulley so that the first and second driven pulleys are rotated in opposite rotary directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: f.m.e. Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Hendrickson, Ward Payn
  • Mailing machine base
    Patent number: D327906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: F.M.E. Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy D. Pike, Ward Payn, Richard J. Henrickson