S&S D Duplex

[Allan L. Gilreath]

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Sarah,

 

The best way is to download a TIFF viewer add-in for your browser.  The
one I found to work best with the Patent office site is from
www.alternatiff.com <http://www.alternatiff.com/> .  This works very
well with IE current version and it's a free download.  As you noticed,
all of the older patents are available only in graphics file format and
are not text searchable.  Hopefully the Patent office will rectify this
eventually (not holding my breath) and make everything text searchable.

 

My only confusion is the listing of "Frankel" as the inventor.  Was this
an error or Dan's real name?

 

I did take a look at 1212304 and it looks like a really complicated
version of a Papp's mute.

 

Allan

Allan L. Gilreath, RPT

 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Sarah Fox
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 11:27 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: S&S D Duplex

 

> Don Rose posed some good questions. I would also be curious about

responses to those.

 

Yes, and I had already raised most of those questions myself in the

beginning... <sigh>

 

I was curious to read the patents to which Dan referred (126840 and

5736660 ).  I found the following web site for the US Patent Office:

 

http://www.uspto.gov

 

There is a search engine that quickly takes one to the relevant patents.

The more modern patents (e.g. Dan's) have text content online.  The
older

ones are graphic format only (i.e. graphics of both text and

drawings/photos).  Unfortunately I can't access the QuickTime images
with

any of my computers, leading me to believe the problem is on the end of
the

patent office.  Can anyone else access these images?

 

Is there some alternate location where I can view these patents?

 

I look forward to reading the text info on Dan's patent (sans
illustrations)

once I have a bit more time.

 

<soapbox>

For all it's worth, I think it's sad the way some people are going for
Dan's

throat.  (Of course I admit I don't know any of the history here.)  The

major difference between Dan and the other RPTs on the list is that he
is

selling a product to you RPTs, rather than to the end consumer, just
like

the printing offices from which you buy your business cards.  Any RPT
who

resents his commercialism should reflect hard on that fact.  IMO, he's

trying to make a living just like all of you, and there's nothing wrong
with

that.  There's also nothing wrong with an RPT opting not to buy his
tools

and to "do it yourself" -- or opt not to do it at all.  As Dan said,
there's

always the time-honored hammer and screwdriver method.

</soapbox>

 

Peace,

Sarah

 

 

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