Gary B Fulmer

US Patent:

6352095, Mar 5, 2002

Filed:

Oct 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/429944

Inventors:

Gary B. Fulmer - Eden Prairie MN
Darren W. Haas - Eden Prairie MN

Assignee:

Fargo Electronics, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

B30B 1534

US Classification:

156387, 156498, 156555, 156582, 1565831

Abstract:

A card straightener is used for cooling a card that has been processed using heat, such as in a printing or lamination process. The card straightener includes a plate member that has a heat sink in heat conducting relation. The plate member is positioned to receive a card from the heated process. The card is passed over the plate and is urged against the plate so that the card is cooled while held flat while it becomes rigid, so it remains planar after cooling.

US Patent:

6737139, May 18, 2004

Filed:

Oct 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/430008

Inventors:

LuAnn N. Sidney - Chanhassen MN
Gary B. Fulmer - Eden Prairie MN

Assignee:

Fargo Electronics, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

B32B 300

US Classification:

428 43, 4029901, 283 81, 283 86, 283109, 428200, 428201, 428203, 428914

Abstract:

A laminate of transparent flexible material is formed to the precise size of a substrate and is made so that it will be laminated in place on the substrate. The laminate is in an elongated web that is separated into individual laminate sections by transverse lines of reduced tear strength so that the laminate sections can be removed from the web sequentially.

US Patent:

20130294915, Nov 7, 2013

Filed:

May 4, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/464908

Inventors:

Gary B. Fulmer - Tigard OR, US

Assignee:

Uniprop Marine, LLC - Tigard OR

International Classification:

F01D 7/00

US Classification:

416151

Abstract:

This invention provides a composite modular self-actuating, variable pitch propeller with a cylindrical hub housing assembly, a plurality of blades that automatically adjust between an initial, fixed low pitch setting and multiple higher pitch settings that occur in response to centrifugal force, water pressure, spring tension and height adjustment of the upper section of the device and cam profile of the inner section of the blades and adjacent cam ramp on the hub. Also provided is an over hub exhaust design that allows engine exhaust to exit thru ports in the exterior wall of the hub section. Additionally, a threaded cap and spring in the top section provides a means of adjustment to limit the maximum high pitch. Finally, each blade includes a protruding cam profile perpendicular to the blade shaft axis, with a flat surface acting as a low pitch stop and a profile that extends upward.

US Patent:

62610120, Jul 17, 2001

Filed:

May 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/310077

Inventors:

Darren W. Haas - Eden Prairie MN
Robert E. Francis - Richfield MN
Gary B. Fulmer - Eden Prairie MN
Brent D. Lien - Minneapolis MN
John P. Skoglund - Savage MN
Matthew K. Dunham - Eagan MN
Gary M. Klinefelter - Eden Prairie MN

Assignee:

Fargo Electronics, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

B41J 3528

US Classification:

400208

Abstract:

A printer for printing information on images on a substrate such as an identification card in multiple colors has an intermediate transfer film or web on which a reverse image is printed. The printer has a lamination station where the image is transferred to a substrate, such as an identification card. The intermediate transfer film or web is moved back and forth, the intermediate transfer film or web has slack occurring in it between the printing station and the lamination station. The slack is taken up with spring loaded rollers to permit operation of the printer head and the lamination station at the same time. Additionally, the printer is made into modules that are movable for easy access to interior components and to expose film or web paths that permits installing both the print film or web and the intermediate transfer film or web without threading it through enclosed openings.

US Patent:

D4158636, Oct 26, 1999

Filed:

Mar 30, 1998

Appl. No.:

D/085887

Inventors:

Dennis R. Cote - West Linn OR
Daniel C. Hanna - Lake Oswego OR
Gary B. Fulmer - Beaverton OR
Dale Marion - Oregon City OR

Assignee:

Hanna-Sherman International, Inc. - Portland OR

International Classification:

1505

US Classification:

D32 4

US Patent:

62799010, Aug 28, 2001

Filed:

Oct 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/430601

Inventors:

Gary B. Fulmer - Eden Prairie MN

Assignee:

Fargo Electronics, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

B65H 2900

US Classification:

271272

Abstract:

A card inverter or "flipper" is used in connection with card printers and laminators for inverting cards which are to be printed and/or laminated on two sides, so that after operations on one side have been completed, the card can be inverted and fed back to the processing stations for processing the second side of the card. This can be done with cards that are being programmed, for example, "Smart Cards" that will be moved to different stations for processing, and also can be used in connection with lamination stations where the card will be printed on two sides, and then a laminate film layer placed over both sides of the card The card inverter or flipper is supported about a central axis that bisects the plane of the card, and the inversion is about this axis so that the card plane is maintained in the first position of the card as well as the inverted position of the card.