Patents by Inventor Curtis L. Carter

Curtis L. Carter 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 and system for positioning guide arms in a strip fabrication assembly
    Patent number: 7255255
    Abstract: A method of dispensing a strip product using a strip fabrication assembly, by entering arm positions for guide arms of the assembly into a guide arm controller device, moving the corresponding guide arms of the strip fabrication assembly to the respective arm positions using the guide arm controller device, and feeding different strip materials through the assembly using the guide arms, after moving them to the entered arm positions. The guide arms are coupled to threaded rods, and are moved by actuating servo motors which are coupled to the threaded rods. The guide arm controller device may include a programmable logic controller, which has been programmed to control the servo motors in response to entry of guide arm positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Shea, Curtis L. Carter
  • Method and system for positioning guide arms in a strip fabrication assembly
    Publication number: 20040144828
    Abstract: A method of dispensing a strip product using a strip fabrication assembly, by entering arm positions for guide arms of the assembly into a guide arm controller device, moving the corresponding guide arms of the strip fabrication assembly to the respective arm positions using the guide arm controller device, and feeding different strip materials through the assembly using the guide arms, after moving them to the entered arm positions. The guide arms are coupled to threaded rods, and are moved by actuating servo motors which are coupled to the threaded rods. The guide arm controller device may include a programmable logic controller, which has been programmed to control the servo motors in response to entry of guide arm positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: H.B. Fuller Licensing and Financing, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Shea, Curtis L. Carter
  • Method and system for positioning guide arms in a strip fabrication assembly
    Patent number: 6705500
    Abstract: A method of dispensing a strip product using a strip fabrication assembly, by entering arm positions for guide arms of the assembly into a guide arm controller device, moving the corresponding guide arms of the strip fabrication assembly to the respective arm positions using the guide arm controller device, and feeding different strip materials through the assembly using the guide arms, after moving them to the entered arm positions. The guide arms are coupled to threaded rods, and are moved by actuating servo motors which are coupled to the threaded rods. The guide arm controller device may include a programmable logic controller, which has been programmed to control the servo motors in response to entry of guide arm positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Shea, Curtis L. Carter
  • Method and system for positioning guide arms in a strip fabrication assembly
    Publication number: 20020170938
    Abstract: A method of dispensing a strip product using a strip fabrication assembly, by entering arm positions for guide arms of the assembly into a guide arm controller device, moving the corresponding guide arms of the strip fabrication assembly to the respective arm positions using the guide arm controller device, and feeding different strip materials through the assembly using the guide arms, after moving them to the entered arm positions. The guide arms are coupled to threaded rods, and are moved by actuating servo motors which are coupled to the threaded rods. The guide arm controller device may include a programmable logic controller, which has been programmed to control the servo motors in response to entry of guide arm positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Kevin A. Shea, Curtis L. Carter