Patents by Inventor Charles A. Snyder, II

Charles A. Snyder, II has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of roll nip load measurement
    Patent number: 4945772
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for directly measuring the radially applied, compressive nip load between two press rolls. Matched, low angle ramp plates are connected tensilely by a load strip which supports a strain gauge. The assembly, having less than one inch of nip section thickness, is placed in the subject roll nip and loaded normally. Due to the ramp angle base, the two plates are displaced in opposite directions normal to the radial load. The connective load strip opposes the opposite displacement thereby stressing the strain gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Michael L. Shepard, Charles A. Snyder, II
  • Method and apparatus for roll nip load measurement
    Patent number: 4901585
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for directly measuring the radially applied, compressive nip load between two press rolls. Matched, low angle ramp plates are connected tensilely by a load strip which supports a strain gauge. The assembly, having less than one inch of nip section thickness, is placed in the subject roll nip and loaded normally. Due to the ramp angle base, the two plates are displaced in opposite directions normal to the radial load. The connective load strip opposes the opposite displacement thereby stressing the strain gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Michael L. Shepard, Charles A. Snyder, II