Patents by Inventor Wayne R. Smith

Wayne R. Smith 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).

  • Alignment of tubular piles for joinder
    Patent number: 4547096
    Abstract: An aligner and method of alignment of two tubular piles for joinder. The aligner extends from one end of one tubular pile for insertion in the other tubular pile. One or more shim members are disposed between and in engagement with the outer surface of the aligner extended portion and the inner surface of the other tubular pile when the extended portion is inserted therein for maintaining the two piles in alignment for joinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: McDermott International, Inc.
    Inventors: Verlon C. Daigle, Wayne R. Smith
  • Output station for reproducing machine
    Patent number: 4376529
    Abstract: A finishing station for a reproducing machine provides for the collecting, sorting, corner registration of collated sets, finishing as by stapling or other means and the collection of collated sets. In particular, the sorter comprises a plurality of copy sheet collating trays arranged in a vertical array, means to transport copy sheets from the reproducing machine to the sorter, corner registration means for the collated sets within the tray, means to maintain the corner registration of the collated copy sheets as they are transported while in the tray to a finishing station, a finishing station and a finished collated set collection station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1983
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Clifford L. George, Wayne R. Smith
  • Document registering and feeding apparatus
    Patent number: 4257587
    Abstract: A document registering and feeding apparatus comprising a flexible registration and feeding member for driving a document into registration engagement with a side registration member and for feeding a document in a direction substantially parallel to the side registration member. The flexible registration and feeding member comprises a flexible rotatable drive shaft and a generally cylindrical deformable scuffer wheel fixed to one end of the drive shaft, the wheel being in pressure contact with the base surface and adjacent to but spaced from the side registration member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Wayne R. Smith
  • Copier for greater than standard length documents
    Patent number: 4162845
    Abstract: An electrostatic reproduction machine having an improved control circuit to control turn on of a discharge lamp positioned to discharge a moving photoconductive belt member prior to development thereof. The control circuit enables a first mode of operation for copying standard length documents of 81/2 inches in length and a second mode of operation for copying documents greater in length than 81/2 inches without erasing image areas by the discharge lamp. For the second mode of operation an RC adjustable circuit enables a suitable delay before lamp turn on. A machine operator can easily select the desired mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1979
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne R. Smith, William G. Miller
  • Coin operated reproduction machine
    Patent number: D243008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1977
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Jacob W. Patla, Wayne R. Smith, Wolfgang H. Tinz, Craig A. Smith
  • Fanfold sheet stacking tray
    Patent number: D250765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1979
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Wayne R. Smith