Robert Charles Jones
Landscape Architect in Rochester, NY

6394671, May 28, 2002

Oct 13, 2000

09/687701

Robert S. Jones - Rochester NY
Daniel R. Rose - Rochester NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

G03D 1310

396647, 396652, 2423324

Apparatus for removing a film strip from a film leader card includes (a) a feed section for holding the film leader card stationary in a first predetermined position with the film strip attached via protrusions to a film clip, said feed section having an entry port through which the film leader card is fully inserted in a forward direction with the film strip extending in a backward direction outward through the entry port; (b) means for forming a loop in the film that is folded underneath the film leader card in order to rotate the end of the film strip away from the film clip on the opposite side of the film leader card, thereby causing the film strip to de-tension from the protrusions; (c) a pinch roller assembly; (d) a detach mechanism for engaging the loop and extending it further under the film leader card toward, but not contacting, the pinch roller assembly, said detach mechanism including cams for further rotating the film strip until it is completely inverted and oriented in the forward direction, said cams holding the end of the film strip in place against the film leader card; (e) means for driving the film leader card in the backward direction toward the entry port until the film strip extends further through the film clip, at which point the film leader card is locked into a second predetermined stationary position; (f) means for further rotating said detach mechanism until the film strip is immovably engaged with the pinch roller assembly; (g) means for driving the film leader card forward away from the entry port until the film strip is disengaged from the film clip; and (h) means for releasing the detach assembly from the pinch roller assembly so that the film strip may be removed from the film leader card through the entry port.

4942426, Jul 17, 1990

Nov 17, 1989

7/440576

Robert S. Jones - Rochester NY
John J. Maurer - Rochester NY

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

G03B 2710

355 84

An improvement in a contact printer which comprises means for supporting a film and an original in superposed relationship on a vacuum table, means for providing a source of light for exposing the film through the original, and means for moving the light over the surface of the superposed film and original. A substantially impervious, flexible and transparent cover sheet carried by the light moving means is arranged to cover the superposed film and original as the exposing light is scanned across the film and original whereby the vacuum is applied to the film and the original to remove air from therebetween as the film is exposed by the light through the cover sheet and the original. The improvement comprises means for contacting the surface of the cover sheet during use and removing dust and dirt thereon to assure that the optical path for the exposing light remains clear and unobstructed.

2009009, Apr 9, 2009

Sep 9, 2008

12/207266

Zhong Ding - Pittsford NY, US
Dave Heavner - Fairport NY, US
Raymond Jakubowicz - Rush NY, US
Robert Seth Jones - Rochester NY, US

G01N 1/28, G01N 1/10, G01N 35/10, G01N 33/00

436180, 7386422, 7386421, 73 6141, 422 63

A metering device for aspirating and dispensing a liquid includes a housing; a pumping medium, preferably a gas containing chamber contained within the housing; a channel having a proximate end in fluid communication with the chamber and a distal end in fluid communication with an external environment; a heat or cold source providing a source of heat or cold to the gas containing chamber; and a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature inside the chamber. In a preferred embodiment, the device further includes a pressure sensor for measuring gas pressure inside the chamber, or multiple chambers. A method for aspirating and dispensing a liquid includes: providing a metering device for aspirating and dispensing a liquid that includes a housing; a gas containing chamber contained within the housing, the chamber; a channel having a proximate end in fluid communication with the chamber and a distal end in fluid communication with an external environment; a heat or cold source providing a source of heat or cold to the gas containing chamber; and a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature inside the chamber; providing a source of liquid to be aspirated; bringing the distal end of the channel into contact with the liquid; cooling the gas containing chamber with the heat or cold source to aspirate a first volume of liquid into the device; and heating the gas containing chamber to dispense a second volume of liquid out of the device. In a preferred embodiment, the metering device is a used in a diagnostic analyzer for determining the presence of one or more analytes in a sample.

2006011, Jun 1, 2006

Nov 29, 2004

10/999018

Anthony DiRisio - Rochester NY, US
Robert Jones - Rochester NY, US
Thomas Mort - Rochester NY, US
Joel Lawther - East Rochester NY, US

G03B 1/00

396388000

A device and method for unloading a single-use camera utilizes pivotable housing with a cavity. The cavity receives a typical camera comprising film, a take-up cartridge, a lens, and a metering mechanism. One or more clamps with a de-metering protrusion deactivate the metering mechanism in the camera. An actuator moves the clamps to engage and release the camera. The pivotable housing containing the camera is rotated and a gear winds the film into a take-up cartridge. A hook mechanism with a hook driven by a second gear and motor opens the single-use camera so that a cartridge extractor can remove the take-up cartridge with rewound film from the camera. A transfer device moves the take-up cartridge with film from the camera to an operator selected position.

4690520, Sep 1, 1987

May 5, 1986

6/859511

Alfred L. Shawcross - Lima NY
Donn E. Stevens - Rochester NY
Robert E. Jones - Rochester NY

Bausch & Lomb Incorporated - Rochester NY

G02B 2122, F16M 1104

350517

A slide mechanism for use in transporting a stereoscope along a horizontal support arm of a photogrammetric instrument includes a member slidably mounted to a pair of support tracks cantilevered to the support arm. A clamping mechanism is used to lock the slide member in a first predetermined position on the support tracks and is unlockable to enable the slide mechanism to be moved along the support tracks to a second position.

7042483, May 9, 2006

Mar 10, 2003

10/385325

Victor C. Wong - Rochester NY, US
Robert V. Reisch - Fairport NY, US
Robert Breslawski - Brockport NY, US
Vishwas G. Abhyankar - Pittsford NY, US
Robert S. Jones - Rochester NY, US
Donald R. Williams - Williamson NY, US
Robert B. Bayley - Hilton NY, US
Badhri Narayan - Rochester NY, US

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

B41J 2/45

347238

An apparatus and method for printing images from a digital image source onto a photosensitive medium () using one or more two-dimensional light-emissive arrays () such as OLED arrays. Each image pixel has a corresponding light-emitting element which is assigned a variable intensity based on data for that pixel. Imaging optics () direct the light from each light-emitting element onto the photosensitive medium () so that a monochromatic or multicolor image can be formed with a single exposure.

2003009, May 15, 2003

Nov 2, 2001

10/000407

Victor Wong - Rochester NY, US
Vishwas Abhyankar - Pittsford NY, US
Robert Breslawski - Brockport NY, US
Lou Horvath - Rochester NY, US
Robert Jones - Rochester NY, US
Badhri Narayan - Rochester NY, US
Robert Reisch - Fairport NY, US
Donald Williams - Williamson NY, US
Robert Bayley - Hilton NY, US

Eastman Kodak Company

B41J002/01

347/001000

A digital preservation system () for accepting a digital data record as input, for writing the data record in human-readable form onto a preservation-quality medium (), for storage of the medium (), and for retrieval of the data record from the medium (). The system () is modular, allowing scaling of the system (), allowing preferential selection of specific image handling components, and allowing replacement of complete subsystems while minimizing the likelihood of data loss. The digital preservation system () preserves a data record in human-readable form, along with an associated metadata record, allowing the human-readable preserved data record to be readable in the distant future, independent of specific reading hardware.

2003023, Dec 18, 2003

Jun 12, 2002

10/170316

Vishwas Abhyankar - Pittsford NY, US
Victor Wong - Rochester NY, US
Robert Breslawski - Brockport NY, US
Robert Jones - Rochester NY, US
Badhri Narayan - Rochester NY, US
Robert Reisch - Fairport NY, US
Donald Williams - Williamson NY, US
Robert Bayley - Hilton NY, US
Nelson Blish - Rochester NY, US
Louis Horvath - Rochester NY, US

Eastman Kodak Company

G06F017/00

707/104100

A digital preservation system () for accepting a digital data record as input, for providing a preview of the digital data record on a display screen (), for writing the data record in human-readable form onto a preservation-quality medium (), for storage of the medium (), and for retrieval of the data record from the medium (The digital preservation system () preserves a data record in human-readable form, along with an associated metadata record, allowing the human-readable preserved data record to be readable in the distant future, independent of specific reading hardware. A preview function allows an operator to specify storage and retrieval characteristics for the data record.