Patents by Inventor William M. Berry, III

William M. Berry, III 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 and apparatus for controlling takeup tension on a stranded conductor as it is being formed
    Patent number: 5535579
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing proper tension on a stranded conductor, as the conductor is formed and collected on a take-up reel or bobbin, by using a strain gage to monitor the tension of the conductor being collected and to provide a signal to a controller which in turn increases or decreases the speed of a direct current, variable speed, motor used to drive the take-up reel or bobbin, thereby providing proper tension to the conductor being collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Assignee: Southwire Company
    Inventors: William M. Berry, III, Michael F. Flagg, Bobby C. Gentry, James L. Rhyne
  • Reel support with horizontal and vertical adjustment
    Patent number: 5333809
    Abstract: A cable take-up and payoff apparatus for the controlled payout of a continuous cable from a reel comprises a pair of laterally movable housings which support a reel on a pair of pintles and are horizontally spaced from one another by a telescoping member. A power mechanism is provided for operating the telescoping member to laterally move the housings toward and away from one another. The housings are also supported for vertical movement along a pair of upstanding masts and a power mechanism is provided for simultaneously moving the housings up and down. The pintles are independently supported for both vertical and horizontal movement relative to the housings and are thereby independently adjustable by power mechanisms into alignment with openings on the axis of the reel of cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Southwire Company
    Inventors: William M. Berry, III, Doyle B. Charles, Michael F. Flagg
  • Reel support with horizontal and vertical adjustment
    Patent number: 5246180
    Abstract: A cable payoff apparatus for the controlled payout of a continuous cable from a reel comprises a pair of laterally movable housings which support a reel on a pair of pintles. A power mechanism is provided for laterally moving the housings toward and away from one another. The housings are also supported for vertical movement along a pair of upstanding masts and a power mechanism is provided for simultaneously moving the housings up and down. The pintles are independently supported for both vertical and horizontal movement relative to the housings and are thereby independently adjustable by power mechanisms into alignment with openings on the axis of the reel of cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Southwire Company
    Inventors: William M. Berry, III, Doyle B. Charles, Michael F. Flagg
  • Method and apparatus for brazing
    Patent number: 5215246
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for holding the ends of two metal rods which are to be joined, cutting a face on each of the two metal rods, maintaining alignment of the two cut faces, and providing proper compressive force on the two rods while they are joined by a brazing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Southwire Company
    Inventors: R. G. Thompson, Mark D. Dixon, B. Radhakrishnan, William M. Berry, III, Darnell Smith, John Cassimus