James A Mcglen

49307657, Jun 5, 1990

Dec 27, 1988

7/290329

Steven M. Russel - Pittsford NY
James A. McGlen - Rochester NY
Erik V. Anderson - Fairport NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

B65H 3104

271214

A sheet collection mechanism includes three tray portions defining a slanted receiving surface. The surface extends from a lower stop against which sheets are stacked upward to a position below an egress for sheets and is long enough to stack long sheets without interference between the leading edge of an egressing sheet and the stack. To stack shorter sheets the downstream edges of two upper tray portions are selectively raiseable to cause the leading edge of a sheet to engage the stack downstream of the stacks' trailing edge. An auxiliary drive roller is positioned to cooperate with the downstream part of one of the upper trays when raised to assist in driving short sheets to the stop.

43989861, Aug 16, 1983

May 10, 1982

6/376357

Robert C. Smith - Rochester NY
James A. McGlen - Rochester NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

B32B 3100

156290

Copy sheets having a re-fusable xerographic toner along an edge thereof are bound into booklets by arranging the sheets in a stack and re-fusing the toner so that the re-fused toner adheres adjacent sheets together. The re-fusing operation can be accomplished after each group of a few sheets is received from a copier so that the finisher operation can be carried on at the same rate copies are produced by the copier. Alternately, a larger stack of sheets can be bound together in an off-line basis by a simple heating step.

44102640, Oct 18, 1983

Mar 1, 1982

6/353780

Ronald C. Holzhauser - Holley NY
James A. McGlen - Rochester NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

G03G 1500
G03G 1501

355 3TR

An improved receiver sheet transport for use in apparatus for transferring related transferable marking particle images seriatim, from spaced areas on a member onto a receiver sheet. The apparatus moves a receiver sheet successively into transfer relation with the related transferable images on the member. The receiver sheet is attached to the apparatus with a portion of such sheet intermediate the lead and trail edges being self-supporting. An aligning mechanism engages the lead edge of the receiver sheet so that the sheet is aligned with an area on the member. A guiding member guides the receiver sheet into engagement with the aligning mechanism. Transfer of such related images onto the sheet in accurate superimposed register is effected when such self-supporting portion is in transfer relation with related transferable images on the image-carrying member. The guiding member and the aligning mechanism are mounted for movement to a first position at which an aligned receiver sheet is urged by the guiding member into clamped engagement with the apparatus, or to a second position at which such receiver sheet is out of clamped engagement with the apparatus and the guiding member and aligning mechanism are remote from such receiver sheet.

45209774, Jun 4, 1985

Sep 29, 1982

6/427237

Ronald C. Holzhauser - Holley NY
James A. McGlen - Rochester NY
Gary P. Lawniczak - Rochester NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

E05D 1312

248201

A document feeder is mounted for pivotal movement about a side edge portion of a copier/duplicator between a first position over an exposure station or platen of the copier/duplicator and a second position away from the exposure station so that individual documents sheets, books or the like can be manually placed directly on the exposure station for copying. As the feeder moves from its first position to its second position the feeder first pivots about one axis and then, subsequently, about a second axis offset further from the platen than the first axis. Thus the feeder is stepped away from the edge of the copier exposure station to provide a relatively large area that is available for receiving a book or large document on the exposure station for copying. A counterbalancing arrangement is provided for balancing the weight of the feeder as it moves between its two positions.

43436730, Aug 10, 1982

Feb 22, 1979

6/013869

Robert C. Smith - Rochester NY
James A. McGlen - Rochester NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

B30B 704

1565834

Copy sheets having a re-fusable xerographic toner along an edge thereof are bound into booklets by arranging the sheets in a stack and re-fusing the toner so that the re-fused toner adheres adjacent sheets together. The re-fusing operation can be accomplished by a heating shoe and a patterned heating bar after each group of a few sheets is received from a copier so that the finisher operation can be carried on at the same rate copies are produced by the copier. Alternately, a larger stack of sheets can be bound together in an off-line basis by a simple heating step.

49827715, Jan 8, 1991

Nov 20, 1989

7/438815

Gary B. Bertram - Honeoye Falls NY
James A. McGlen - Rochester NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

B65B 104
G03G 1506

141312

A particulate material collection bottle for a reproduction apparatus includes an opening for receiving a tube through which particulate material is fed. A detent at the opposite end of the bottle from the opening fits in a complementary detent in the receiving apparatus to wedge the bottle between the detent and the tube. To permit the opening to receive a barb on the tube it is oblong in shape and has a compressible seal around its exterior. Recessed rib portions of opposing side walls form a handle to assist insertion of the bottle in the apparatus. A projection from one wall of the apparatus is positioned to activate a sensing means to indicate the presence of the bottle in its appropriate position. A foldable paper seal is positioned below the opening. It can be folded across the opening after a full bottle has been removed.

46118004, Sep 16, 1986

Dec 23, 1985

6/812211

Michael H. Parsons - Rochester NY
James A. McGlen - Rochester NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

B65H 506

271 31

A recirculating document feeder for a copier/duplicator removes sheets seriatim from the bottom of a stack of sheets, circulates a removed sheet to a position for copying, and then returns the sheet back onto the top of the stack of sheets. A sheet separator engages the sheet that initially is on top of the stack for separating the sheets in the stack that have been circulated along the path from those sheets in the stack that have not been circulated along the path. In response to feeding of the top sheet of the stack along the path, the separator is retracted and then returned to the top of the stack after the top sheet has been circulated for copying. The separator is driven along a generally rectilinear path and guided along that path by a pin in the separator that travels along a slot formed partially in each of two facing surfaces.

41734050, Nov 6, 1979

Oct 31, 1977

5/847382

John P. Swapceinski - Bergen NY
Thomas K. Hilbert - Spencerport NY
James A. McGlen - Rochester NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

G03G 1500

355 3DD

In an electrographic development apparatus having a magnetic brush and a sump wherein an auger transports developer from the sump to the brush, the auger being disposed in a tube located next to an inclined surface extending between the tube and the magnetic brush. The tube is provided with a plurality of openings. As the auger rotates it transports developer from the sump through the tube out of its opening to the inclined surface where it is distributed to the magnetic brush.