Patents by Inventor Andrew P Cooper

Andrew P Cooper 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).

  • Smoke or fire barrier
    Patent number: 10077596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoke or fire barrier for closing an opening in a building, the barrier including: a curtain for closing the opening; means arrangeable at a head of the opening for deploying the curtain and for retracting the curtain; guide means at sides of the opening for retaining edges of the curtain after deployment and for reducing flow of smoke past the edges of the curtain, the guide means including: a pair of jaws for holding the edges of the deployed curtain, at least one of the jaws being movable towards the other and means for moving the or each movable jaw after deployment of the curtain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Coopers Fire Limited
    Inventors: Andrew P Cooper, William Charles James
  • Smoke or Fire Barrier
    Publication number: 20160265269
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoke or fire barrier for closing an opening in a building, the barrier including: a curtain for closing the opening; means arrangeable at a head of the opening for deploying the curtain and for retracting the curtain; guide means at sides of the opening for retaining edges of the curtain after deployment and for reducing flow of smoke past the edges of the curtain, the guide means including: a pair of jaws for holding the edges of the deployed curtain, at least one of the jaws being movable towards the other and means for moving the or each movable jaw after deployment of the curtain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Coopers Fire Limited
    Inventors: Andrew P Cooper, William Charles James