David Walker Smith
Electrician at Carole Ave, Lafayette, CO

4717090, Jan 5, 1988

Jun 11, 1986

6/872951

David E. Smith - Lafayette CO
Dennis R. Olmsted - Longmont CO

Aspen Peripherals - Longmont CO

G11B 1566, G11B 1532

242197

A tape leader block can be restored to and removed from its housing in a tape cassette by a device which comprises a threader arm having a leader block carrier which supports a threader pin. The leader block carrier also is provided with a gear system which engages with a compatible gear system of a rotatable yoke. The yoke terminates in a cam follower which is forced into certain distinct operating positions by powered movements of a camming device. Attainment of these operating positions serves to restore or remove the leader block to and from the tape cassette's leader block housing.

4681278, Jul 21, 1987

Aug 14, 1986

6/896673

David E. Smith - Lafayette CO

Aspen Peripherals - Longmont CO

G03B 104, G11B 1532, G11B 23107

242195

A tape leader block can be restored to and removed from its housing in a tape cassette by a guide which comprises a tripartite wedge system having an upwardly inclined plane, a downwardly inclined plane and an inwardly inclined plane which serve to guide the leader block into and out of a receiver opening in the tape cassette's leader block housing.

4554846, Nov 26, 1985

Feb 10, 1984

6/578933

Robert G. Distin - Louisville CO
Thomas J. Lang - Louisville CO
David E. Smith - Lafayette CO

Advanced Energy Concept "81 Ltd. - Boulder CO

F16H 128

74805

An epicyclic transmission having first and second confronting surface regions and cylindrical rollers for transmitting torque therebetween includes a two-piece retainer for axially and radially positioning the rollers relative to the confronting surface regions. A first retainer piece includes a top and bottom surface interconnected by a plurality of bars shaped and arranged into pairs for rotatably supporting the rollers so that one end face of the rollers contacts and is supported by the bottom surface. A second retainer piece confronts the top surface so as to support an opposite end face of the rollers.

4742407, May 3, 1988

Jun 11, 1986

6/872931

David E. Smith - Lafayette CO
Dennis R. Olmsted - Longmont CO
Joseph A. Fryberger - Longmont CO

Aspen Peripherals - Longmont CO

G11B 1567

360 95

An automatic tape threading device transfers a tape leader and its associated tape from a supply reel, past a transducer head, to a take-up reel. It is comprised of a threader arm having a perpendicular threader pin which follows an arcuate path defined by an overhead cam. The overhead cam guides the threader pin from a first predetermined position, which relates to a leader block associated with the supply reel, to a second predetermined position, which relates to a receiver mechanism within the take-up reel.

4709873, Dec 1, 1987

Jun 11, 1986

6/872952

David E. Smith - Lafayette CO
Dennis R. Olmsted - Longmont CO
Joseph A. Fryberger - Longmont CO

Aspen Peripherals - Longmont CO

G11B 1566, G11B 2304, G03B 156

242195

A device for positioning a threader pin of a magnetic tape threading mechanism in a tape take-up reel comprises a plate having an axial receiver slot for receiving the threader pin and a biasing means such as a raised leaf spring which protrudes into the receiver slot from a mounting position within a contiguous slot.

D312619, Dec 4, 1990

Apr 7, 1987

7/035304

David E. Smith - Lafayette CO
Dwyatt H. Fenn - Longmont CO

Storage Technology Corporation - Louisville CO

D14100

2013001, Jan 17, 2013

Jul 12, 2011

13/181083

DAVID J. SMITH - Lafayette CO, US
John J. McNulty - Broadview Heights OH, US
Robert Quinlan - Stow OH, US
Christopher J. Mann - Akron OH, US
James M. Yates - Akron OH, US

B67D 7/58, B67D 7/06

222207, 222214

A shut-off system for a dispenser includes a pinch member that moves relative to a guide and which is normally biased against a flexible outlet tube that is disposed therebetween. The flexible outlet tube that carries material, such as soap, supplied from a pump to an outlet nozzle. The pump and the pinch member are in operative engagement with an actuator, such that when the actuator is not engaged, the pinch member closes the outlet tube to prevent residual material retained in the outlet tube from flowing or drooling out of the outlet nozzle. Correspondingly, when the actuator is engaged, the pump is compressed, and the pinch member is moved away from the outlet tube, allowing the material to be pumped through the outlet tube and dispensed from the outlet nozzle.