Patents by Inventor Charles J. Farris

Charles J. Farris 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).

  • Wire rope cleaning apparatus
    Patent number: 4982473
    Abstract: Wire rope is cleaned or otherwise treated during operation in a system or machine by surrounding the wire rope with a plurality of tools at a location fixed along the wire rope path, and causing the tools to spin around the wire rope by positioning followers to track in the valleys between outer helical strands of the wire rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: AMSTED Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles J. Farris, Joseph E. Whitlow, Paul E. Sitzes