Patents by Inventor Charles A. Figgins

Charles A. Figgins 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).

  • Method for producing a manifold assembly
    Patent number: 4426242
    Abstract: This invention relates to a flexibly and permanently interlocked manifold assembly of superimposed sheets or webs, and the method and apparatus for producing this assembly, wherein the superimposed sheets of the assembly are fastened by a stress-relieving means composed of crimps formed in one exterior sheet of said assembly and any intermediate sheets thereof; the crimps being formed in registry and the terminal margins thereof having an adhesive coated thereon and attached to the interior surface of the opposing exterior sheet of the said assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: American Standard, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivars Sarkans, Charles A. Figgins
  • Manifold assembly fastening
    Patent number: 4307897
    Abstract: This invention relates to a flexibly and permanently interlocked manifold assembly of superimposed sheets or webs, and the method and apparatus for producing this assembly, wherein the superimposed sheets of the assembly are fastened by a stress-relieving means composed of crimps formed in one exterior sheet of said assembly and any intermediate sheets thereof; the crimps being formed in registry and the terminal margins thereof having an adhesive coated thereon and attached to the interior surface of the opposing exterior sheet of the said assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: American Standard, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivars Sarkans, Charles A. Figgins