Patents by Inventor Beverley Sewell

Beverley Sewell 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).

  • Belt plating method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4921583
    Abstract: A thin plastic elongate mask is disclosed for use in continuously electroplating an elongate substrate. Apparatus is disclosed wherein the mask is mated with the substrate, is passed through an electroplating zone, supported by support belts, such that only those areas of elongate substrate covered by plating cavities in the mask are plated. The mask may be located on the substrate by means of corresponding location features positioned on the elongate substrate and the mask. A method of continuously electroplating an elongate substrate using a thin plastic elongate mask is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Twickenham Plating & Enamelling Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Beverley Sewell, David J. Hill, Edgar C. Martin