Patents by Inventor Edward L. Brossard

Edward L. Brossard 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).

  • Patent number: 5622601
    Abstract: A clipped tail, which is the severed lead end of a paper web tail formed on a papermaking machine, is produced in the tail supported on a roll by combining the operation of a water jet, which projects a high pressure stream of water and is moved laterally to sever the tail transversely to its direction of travel, with the operation of a doctor having a blade, which moves with the water jet and which lifts and deflects the tail clip and following tail from the roll. An air stream is used to guide the tail downstream of the doctor blade. Both the water jet and doctors are mounted on a traversing apparatus to move transversely together across the traveling tail to automatically produce the tail clip and direct it to thread the downstream portion of the papermaking machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Beloit Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Adams, Edward L. Brossard, Curtiss R. Dahl, Timothy E. Lee, Mark A. Sorenson
  • Patent number: 5493790
    Abstract: A sheet transfer apparatus is disclosed for transferring a web from a drying section to a calender. The apparatus includes a looped felt for supporting the web thereon from the drying section. A lead-out roll is disposed upstream relative to the calender for guiding the felt such that the felt is disposed between the lead-out roll and the web. A full width web blowing device connected to a source of pressurized air is disposed adjacent to the lead-out roll for selectively blowing the web off of the felt. A movable sheet transfer roll is disposed in the vicinity of the lead-out roll, the transfer roll being movable from a first position to a second position adjacent to the lead-out roll. The arrangement is such that when the transfer roll is disposed in the second position thereof, the blowing device blows the full width web off of the felt and onto the transfer roll for subsequent guidance thereof to the calender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Beloit Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward L. Brossard