Patents by Inventor Andrew Lawrence Snedden

Andrew Lawrence Snedden 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).

  • Radial contact applicator roll
    Publication number: 20020078884
    Abstract: A roll for applying a sizing composition to a fan of one or more fibers, providing a shaft having a curved central axis and a sleeve covering at least a portion of the shaft, the sleeve being rotatable relative to the shaft. Each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers contacts the sleeve at an axial location of the sleeve such that each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers lies substantially in a plane perpendicular to the curved central axis of the shaft at the axial location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Guang Gao, Andrew Lawrence Snedden, David Lynn Molnar, Tom Orin Matteson, Richard Alan Green
  • Filament forming apparatus and a cooling apparatus for and method of inducing a uniform air flow between a filament forming area and the cooling apparatus
    Patent number: 6408654
    Abstract: A filament forming apparatus and cooling apparatus for and method of inducing a uniform air flow between a filament forming area beneath a bushing and the cooling apparatus are disclosed. The cooling apparatus includes an air housing extending beneath the bushing. The air housing has a top wall and side walls defining an air chamber therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Scott Boessneck, Guang Gao, David Herman Wolf, Andrew Lawrence Snedden, Patrick John Prescott, Seshadri Srinivasan, Jeffrey Coon
  • Radial contact applicator roll
    Patent number: 6358317
    Abstract: A roll for applying a sizing composition to a fan of one or more fibers, providing a shaft having a curved central axis and a sleeve covering at least a portion of the shaft, the sleeve being rotatable relative to the shaft. Each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers contacts the sleeve at an axial location of the sleeve such that each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers lies substantially in a plane perpendicular to the curved central axis of the shaft at the axial location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Guang Gao, Andrew Lawrence Snedden, David Lynn Molnar, Tom Orin Matteson, Richard Alan Green