Frank M Jones

US Patent:

46150102, Sep 30, 1986

Filed:

Jun 27, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/508393

Inventors:

James W. Davis - Boca Raton FL
Frank D. Jones - Wallkill NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H03K 19094
H03K 19173

US Classification:

364491

Abstract:

A cascode logic design methodology for producing cascode current switch products utilizing Field Effect transistors wherein the field Effect transistors as voltage mode devices serve as current mode devices.

US Patent:

41843975, Jan 22, 1980

Filed:

May 17, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/907158

Inventors:

Frank W. Jones - Wilmington DE

Assignee:

Redco, Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

B26D 402

US Classification:

83874

Abstract:

A device for slicing tomatoes and other soft food objects has a hollow triangular enclosure frame with three vertical sides disposed about an open interior into which tomatoes are inserted. The longest vertical side or hypotenuse side of the vertical frame enclosure carries a tensioned rack of parallel blades with sharp cutting edges facing inwardly. The opposite intermediate length side of the frame has a pusher sliding back and forth along it with spaced fingers inserted between the opposite cutting blades. Insertion of tomatoes is facilitated by a vertically movable loading platform mounted within the frame which can be manually raised by a push rod at the top to receive a tomato and then lowered below the path of movement of the pusher to permit the pusher to traverse the tomato along and through the cutting edges of the blades to slice it. The loading platform has a table rotatably mounted at the top of a lifting lever which is rotatably mounted at the bottom of the frame.

US Patent:

45733848, Mar 4, 1986

Filed:

Aug 1, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/636696

Inventors:

Frank W. Jones - Greenville DE

International Classification:

B26D 326

US Classification:

834043

Abstract:

A sliced food article such as an onion, is quickly diced into a number of rectangular shaped pieces by forcing it through an upper and lower rack of parallel spaced blades such that the upper racks is at right angles to the lower rack forming a rectangular grid. The article, such as an onion, is forced through the rectangular spaces between the two racks of blades by a rectangular array of circular fingers depending from a plunger. The plunger slides along a pair of vertical guides towards and away from the blade. When the plunger is fully engaged with the blades, the free end of the fingers extend completely through the lower rack of blades. The base has four legs to give the device a steady foundation.

US Patent:

43029973, Dec 1, 1981

Filed:

May 2, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/146354

Inventors:

Frank W. Jones - Greenville DE
Joseph Mielnicki - Newark DE

Assignee:

Alco Foodservice Equipment Company - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

B26D 103
B26D 722
B26D 706

US Classification:

834253

Abstract:

A guarded tomato slicer has a sharp rack of blades mounted substantially diagonally across a table with a loading area disposed between a retracted pusher and the sharp edges of the blades. A swinging vertical gate is mounted in front of the loading area on a vertical pivot adjacent the rack of blades. The gate is resiliently poised in front of the loading area. The gate and pusher are short enough to clear each other when a tomato is pushed into the loading area against and through the swinging gate, which covers the sharp edges of the rack of blades to guard them. The swinging gate has an apertured roof to shield the top of the loading area. As deflectable outer segment of the roof has a projection which provides an outward limit of travel for the swinging gate and is deflectable to permit removal of the swinging gate. The pusher is mounted on a pair of horizontal slide rods connected to the top of the rack having lower extensions which extend downwardly together to provide a support foot.

US Patent:

45188742, May 21, 1985

Filed:

Jan 20, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/572322

Inventors:

James W. Davis - Boca Raton FL
Frank D. Jones - Wallkill NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H03K 19086
H03K 19092
H03K 19177
H01L 2710

US Classification:

307467

Abstract:

A bipolar transistor integrated circuit PLA is disclosed. The array includes a first and second mutually isolated epitaxial regions in a semiconductor substrate. A plurality of common collector bipolar transistors are formed in the first epitaxial region with selected ones of the plurality having their emitters connected in common to a first current source. A second plurality of common collector bipolar transistors in the second epitaxial region have the emitters of selected ones of the second plurality connected in common to the first epitaxial region. The bases of the corresponding pairs of transistors from the first and second epitaxial region are connected to an input signal source. The second epitaxial region is connected to an output node. In this manner, a cascode connected PLA is formed which eliminates the need for surplus current sources required in the prior art.

US Patent:

43466346, Aug 31, 1982

Filed:

Sep 11, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/186119

Inventors:

Frank W. Jones - Greenville DE

Assignee:

Alco Foodservice Equipment Company - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

B26D 326
B26D 418

US Classification:

83431

Abstract:

A set of blades is held in the blade-supporting section of a base frame connected to a mounting section, which attaches it to a table surface with the blades overhanging the surface. A pusher head having a number of fingers is pivotally connected to the mid-portion of a handle which is rotatably mounted on the frame. A tilting linkage is rotatably connected to the pusher and to the frame for disposing the pusher more directly through the blades at the end of its stroke than if the pusher were rigidly attached to the handle. The chopped pieces pass directly to the container in a free space below the blade section of the frame. Pairs of struts and tilting linkages balance and stabilize the operating action.

US Patent:

40955184, Jun 20, 1978

Filed:

Sep 28, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/727456

Inventors:

Frank W. Jones - Marshallton DE

Assignee:

Fasline Food Equipment Co. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

A47J 1700

US Classification:

99538

Abstract:

A rounded food article, such as a lemon, tomato or apple, is instantaneously divided into a number of radial sections by forcing it through a conical cup of radial blades within which it is impaled on a central spike to which the central ends of the blades are joined. The article is forced through the wedge-shaped spaces between the blades by an annular array of bent rod fingers depending from a head to which an operating handle is attached. The plunger assembly slides over a pair of vertical rods towards the blade assembly engaged within a recess in the base. The fingers extend completely through the blades when the plunger is fully engaged within the blades. The substantial weight of the plunger facilitates its rapid downward movement toward the blade, and a set of three legs raise the base sufficiently from the table to allow the food sections to be freely discharged onto it.

US Patent:

40590372, Nov 22, 1977

Filed:

Apr 26, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/680033

Inventors:

Samuel L. Gerson - Wilmington DE
Frank W. Jones - Wilmington DE

Assignee:

Fasline Food Equipment Co. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

B26D 706

US Classification:

83407

Abstract:

Two racks of parallel thin sharp blades are intermeshed in a crossed disposition within the open interior of a rectangular base frame. A pusher having a concave pocket and spaced ribs for entering between the crossed blades is reciprocally mounted upon the sides of the base frame. An object to be sliced is forced by the pusher through the junctions of the crossed blades. An auxiliary cutting blade may be mounted below the junctions of the blades to cut the slices pushed through the blades into two portions.