Thomas S Collins

US Patent:

49320513, Jun 5, 1990

Filed:

Aug 7, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/390539

Inventors:

Joel Karan - Millburn NJ
Thomas J. Collins - Wall Township NJ

Assignee:

Keptel, Inc. - Tinton Falls NJ

International Classification:

H04M 100

US Classification:

379399

Abstract:

Telephone network interface apparatus including a plurality of subscriber terminals for being connected to a plurality of subscriber premises lines, a plurality of telephone terminals for being connected to a plurality of incoming telephone lines, a plurality of telephone plugs and jacks for interconnecting and providing demarcation points between the incoming telephone lines and the subscriber premises lines, and mounting means for mounting the telephone network interface apparatus to the same bracket to which a prior art terminal block has been previously mounted whereby the telephone network interface apparatus of the present invention may be substituted for the prior art terminal block and both terminate and interconnect the plurality of incoming telephone lines and subscriber premises lines previously terminated and interconnected by the prior art terminal block and provide the needed demarcation points between the incoming telephone line and the subscriber premises lines.

US Patent:

D2826542, Feb 18, 1986

Filed:

Jul 29, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/518410

Inventors:

Steven B. Perry - Highlands NJ
Thomas Collins - Point Pleasant NJ

Assignee:

Keptel, Inc. - Ocean NJ

US Classification:

D13 41

US Patent:

48612871, Aug 29, 1989

Filed:

Feb 19, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/158325

Inventors:

Joseph P. Bevacqua - Paterson NJ
Robert E. Eastep - Walkerville MD
Thomas J. Collins - Wall NJ

Assignee:

Bell Atlantic - Washington DC

International Classification:

H01R 924

US Classification:

439718

Abstract:

An integral multiple transmission line interface comprises a panel having opposite side portions defining, facility connection and subscriber connection regions having, respectively, a facility cable connector and subscriber cable terminals. A plurality of spaced modular jacks are arrayed longitudinally along the facility connection region of the panel, and a plurality of removably attached subscriber wiring bridges extend between the jacks and subscriber cable terminals. Interconnection between the subscriber wiring bridges and the facility cable connector is made through a printed circuit board within the panel. A pivotally mounted, removable cover protects the subscriber wiring terminals from human contact, and interlocking ears and collars formed on the panel enable the terminal devices to be stacked end to end.

US Patent:

D3134172, Jan 1, 1991

Filed:

Jul 7, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/216258

Inventors:

Thomas G. Graham - Ocean NJ
Thomas J. Collins - Wall NJ
Joseph J. Paddock - Kinnelon NJ

Assignee:

Keptel, Inc. - Tinton Falls NJ

US Classification:

D14240

US Patent:

20150272159, Oct 1, 2015

Filed:

Jun 11, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/737279

Inventors:

- McLean VA, US
Bob Crossley - Montclair NJ, US
Thomas Collins - Nazareth PA, US

Assignee:

MARS, INCORPORATED - McLean VA

International Classification:

A23G 1/54
A23G 3/54

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to a forming apparatus comprising (a) first and second forming rolls with forming pockets in corresponding alignment, wherein at least one roll has one or more continuous grooves extending around the circumference of the roll in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the roll and which intersects the forming pockets in the plane, wherein the first and second forming rolls rotate in directions counter to one another, and (b) one or more forming pins positioned between the counter rotating rolls and within the continuous groove of the roll.