Hoa T Pham

US Patent:

D468723, Jan 14, 2003

Filed:

Jan 24, 2002

Appl. No.:

29/154626

Inventors:

Hoa Pham - Woodbury MN
Jason Lardy - Minneapolis MN

Assignee:

Telex Communications, Inc. - Burnsville MN

International Classification:

1401

US Classification:

D14205

US Patent:

D469770, Feb 4, 2003

Filed:

Apr 2, 2001

Appl. No.:

29/139555

Inventors:

Michael Carpenter - Brooklyn Park MN
Hoa Pham - Woodbury MN
Jason Lardy - Minneapolis MN

Assignee:

Telex Communications, Inc. - Burnsville MN

International Classification:

1402

US Classification:

D14433, D13147

US Patent:

7845638, Dec 7, 2010

Filed:

Jan 4, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/619734

Inventors:

Curt A. Wiens - Oakdale MN, US
Chris Zwettler - Stillwater MN, US
Hoa Pham - Woodbury MN, US

Assignee:

Carestream Health, Inc. - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B65H 5/00

US Classification:

271264, 271273

Abstract:

An imaging apparatus including a media source having a plurality of sheets of photothermographic imaging media contained therein, an exposure unit including an input engagement point, an output engagement point, and a laser module positioned therebetween, and a driven roller pair forming a nip. A driven roller pair is configured to receive a leading edge of a sheet from a media source and is configured to begin extracting the sheet from the media source and driving the sheet along a transport path extending from the media source to at least the output engagement point of the exposure unit. Upon the leading edge being engaged by the input engagement point, the nip is configured to open while the trailing edge of sheet is still within the media source such that a remaining portion of the sheet is extracted from the media source by the exposure unit while the laser module exposes a desired image on the sheet.