Patents Assigned to Automated Technology Systems, Inc.
  • Electrical cord filler removal apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4860441
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are presented for removing filler from electrical cords during manufacture. The electrical cord is stripped of its outer jacket to expose the filler and conductors and thereafter positioned within a nozzle where the stripped end is subjected to microprocessor controlled heated and unheated air pulses to degradate and remove the filler along the stripped end portion prior to attaching the cord conductors to electrical appliances or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Automated Technology Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: James W. Pierpoint