Patents Represented by Attorney Mike C. Smith
  • Patent number: 4406114
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for constructing a corrosion resistant multistrand electrical power cable or wire rope comprising a uniformly greased core wire with at least one outer wire helically applied thereover wherein corrosion inhibitor is and accurately applied to the core wire in a uniform coat immediately prior to stranding of the wires into a cable or rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Assignee: Southwire Company
    Inventors: Jerry W. Lanier, O. Leon Thomas
  • Patent number: 4406058
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for holding a conduit coupling in place during the process of transporting and attaching the coupling to a length of conduit which substantially eliminates problems with cross threading, coupling and conduit damage, lengths of conduit without couplings and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Assignee: Southwire Company
    Inventor: Charles Dixon