Patents by Inventor Etienne Lambert

Etienne Lambert 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 securing wire coiled onto a spool, apparatus for securing wire coiled onto a spool, as well as spool containing wire coiled thereon
    Patent number: 4936358
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for securing the end of wire coiled onto a spool, whereby the last winding of the wire coiled onto the spool is taken up together with at least one preceding winding and connected thereto, after which the wire is cut between the connection thus made and the wire feed apparatus, whereby the length of the windings to be connected to each other is increased under tension and the additional length of wire is concentrated where the connection is to be formed, that the additional length of the windings to be connected to each other is held under tension, and that during the connection operation the additional, free length of wire of the windings to be connected to each other is incorporated in the connection thus formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: N.V. Bekaert S.A.
    Inventors: John Verhaeghe, Jozef Wyckhuys, Etienne Lambert