Patents by Inventor Duane Edward Hoke

Duane Edward Hoke 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).

  • Optical fiber dual spindle winder with automatic threading and winding
    Patent number: 6027062
    Abstract: An apparatus for threading a fiber that is being continuously supplied by a supplying device for winding on a spool, includes a collecting device, adjacent to the supplying device, that collects the fiber by urging the fiber from the supplying device into the collecting device to provide a tension in the fiber between the supplying device and the collecting device, a positioning device that engages the fiber, between the supplying device and the collecting device, with an engaging portion that allows the fiber to be continuously collected in the collecting device and that moves from a position adjacent to the supplying device and the collecting device to a position adjacent to the spool to move the fiber to at least one threading position, and a threading device that automatically threads the fiber at the at least one threading position onto the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher John Bacon, Kirk Patton Bumgarner, Paul Andrew Chludzinski, Duane Edward Hoke, Ronald Lee Kimball, Kenneth William Roberts