Patents by Inventor Gene E. Mertz

Gene E. Mertz 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).

  • Apparatus for lapping the edges of a metal foil tape
    Patent number: 3986301
    Abstract: An apparatus for lapping the edges of a metal foil tape to remove burrs. A pair of coaxial counter-rotating wheels have facing annular abrasive surfaces which are spaced apart a distance less than the width of the tape. The tape is drawn between the wheels, generally along the wheel diameters, with the tape edges in engagement with the abrasive surfaces. The peripheral velocity of the wheels is substantially greater than the lineal speed of the tape so that the tape edges are polished substantially at right angles to the plane of the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1976
    Assignee: Sundstrand Data Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Merlin E. Lough, Gene E. Mertz, Harold L. Springer, Lawrence H. White