Glenn F Klein

US Patent:

20030088334, May 8, 2003

Filed:

Nov 8, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/005362

Inventors:

Kirk Enochs - Boulder CO, US
Barbara Lawson - Westminister CO, US
Philip McClelland - Longmont CO, US
Michael Moy - Lafayette CO, US
Timothy Vander Veen - Longmont CO, US
Glenn Klein - Mission Viejo CA, US
Friedhelm Steinhilber - Rottweil, DE
Lew Frauenfelder - Boulder CO, US
John Herron - Lyons CO, US

Assignee:

BDT Products, Inc.

International Classification:

G06F019/00

US Classification:

700/245000

Abstract:

An automatic tape loader system for a media storage drive, such as a digital linear tape drive, comprises a robotics portion adapted interact with an interface drive, such as a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) drive. An integrated controller is provided to integrate the mechanical operations of various components of the media storage device and the drive operations of the media storage device. A robotics module of the integrated controller is adapted to communicate with various mechanisms of the media storage device and various sensors associated with these mechanisms to control various mechanical operations of the media storage device. External devices such as an operator control panel (OCP) and a bar code reader may also be connected to the integrated controller to exchange information or commands between various components of the media storage device.

US Patent:

58761330, Mar 2, 1999

Filed:

Jun 13, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/874265

Inventors:

Glenn F. Klein - Mission Viejo CA
Douglas D. Bass - Westminster CA

Assignee:

BDT Products, Inc. - Irvine CA

International Classification:

B65H 2920

US Classification:

400625

Abstract:

The sheet presenter includes an elongated platform adapted to engage a printer. A pair of spaced apart walls extend upwardly from the platform to support pivotably an arm at one and thereof. A motor disposed at another end of the arm is operatively connected to a drive roller wherein the mass of the motor urges the corresponding end of the arm downwardly to engage a sheet received on the platform.

US Patent:

57554331, May 26, 1998

Filed:

Oct 25, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/738268

Inventors:

Glenn F. Klein - Mission Viejo CA

International Classification:

B65H 500

US Classification:

271 2

Abstract:

An envelope construction for high speed printing includes a front panel having a flap with a sealing adhesive strip on its back side, and a rear panel secured to the front panel at its marginal edges to form a pocket. The thickness of the adhesive strip is substantially the same as the thickness of the rear panel so that when the flap is opened, the overall configuration of the envelope is flat to facilitate stacking and feeding. The combination of the strip and the rear panel are both secured to the back side of the front panel, and the combination adds a layer of a uniform thickness to provide the desired flat aspect. Like such envelope constructions are arranged in a stack within a paper tray. The topmost one of the envelope constructions is separated from the stack seriatim at high speeds to feed them individually to the printer for printing thereon.

US Patent:

59544384, Sep 21, 1999

Filed:

Oct 30, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/960659

Inventors:

Glenn F. Klein - Mission Viejo CA
Guenter Rudolf Weist - DeiBlingen, DE

Assignee:

BDT Products, Inc. - Irvine CA

International Classification:

B41J 1126

US Classification:

400621

Abstract:

The sheet presenter includes a housing having a feed path therethrough from a feed end to a presenting end, and which defines an escrow area between the feed end and the presenting end. Presenting rollers at the presenting end initially restrain forward movement of a continuous sheet along the feed path, and cooperate with a gate to divert the sheet from the feed path into the escrow area to enable the sheet to be accumulated in the escrow area as the sheet is being imprinted. Subsequently, the presenting rollers urge the imprinted portion of the sheet out of the escrow area to present the imprinted portion. The presenting rollers are de-clutched to allow the recipient to grab the imprinted portion and pull it out without damaging the mechanism or the remaining sheet.