Patents Represented by Law Firm Thorpe, North & Westerb
  • Patent number: 6066361
    Abstract: A method of coating a surface of a filament. In particular, the invention rotates a member (13) about a first axis (54), which will rotate a tubular member (16), which is rotatably coupled to the rotating member at an angle to the first axis, through a plane and about a longitudinal axis (56) of the tubular member that is co-planer to the plane. This is done to assist in the depositing of a uniform material onto the filament that extends through the tubular member and through a deposition area (40). It is important for the method to maintain the deposition area at an intersection of the first axis, longitudinal axis and plane, while the filament is being rotated in step. The method provides for adjusting the deposition area to expose a different length of the filament to the deposition of material thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Sarcos L.C.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Jacobsen, Michael R. McNeely, David L. Wells