Patents by Inventor Charles S. Hammond, Jr.

Charles S. Hammond, Jr. 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).

  • Forming a strand package having multiple coil lengths
    Patent number: 4390137
    Abstract: A cable package (20) which includes two coiled cable lengths (22 and 24) interconnected by an intermediate section (26), is formed by winding wire bundles (28 and 30) onto first and second winding sections (44 and 46) of a collapsible reel (42) in sequence. The reel winding sections (44 and 46) are defined by radially-projecting pins 88 which are extendable or retractable by rotation of a hub 84, and which cooperate with cable support rods (80) of the reel to move the reel into an expanded condition for winding and a collapsed condition for removal of the cable package (20). During a winding operation, a wire bundle separator assembly (52) also cooperates with a cable tying device (54) to place memory ties (34) about one of the wire bundles (28 or 30) and binder ties (36) about both of the wire bundles (28 and 30) along the length of the cable package ( 20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1983
    Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles S. Hammond, Jr., Henry D. Mitchell, Jr.