Patents by Inventor Glenn W. Quaint

Glenn W. Quaint 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: 4327467
    Abstract: An inflated shell structure for a curing, embossing, or film winding nip roller having a rubber cover. Fundamentally, the invention includes a mandrel about which a rubber tube is spirally wound. Adhesively secured to the tube and about the mandrel is a bridge composite of plural layers, at least one of which is axially aligned with respect to the mandrel, and at least one of which is circumferentially aligned. Over the bridge network there is maintained a thin rubber cover having a thickness on the order of 0.250-1.0 inch. The tubing can be inflated under a source of gas pressure to give the roll a physical structure of rigidity and consistency. When used as a nip or bonder roller, the forces imparted to the roller are dissipated through the bridge assembly and the inflated tube, greatly limiting the amount of heat generated in the rubber cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1982
    Assignee: Goodyear Aerospace Corporation
    Inventor: Glenn W. Quaint