Patents by Inventor Edwin T. Andrews

Edwin T. Andrews 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).

  • Conveying apparatus having load-bearing connecting links
    Patent number: 4218025
    Abstract: A conveying apparatus (100) includes a frame (102) and a conveyor (104). The conveyor (104) includes a plurality of spaced article-support members (132) having planar undersurfaces (138). The article-support members (132) are supported on the frame (102) by a plurality of spaced supporting surfaces such as roller bearings (116). Connecting links (154), which connect adjacent pairs of article-support members (132), have planar undersurfaces (164) which are in planar alignment with the undersurface (138) of the article-support members (132) to provide a continuous planar undersurface for the conveyor (104) at least when the article-support members are being supported on the roller bearings (116) of the frame (102). The conveying apparatus (100) is used as an element of a cable-fleeting drum (10) for facilitating an oceanographic cable laying operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Edwin T. Andrews