Patents by Inventor Gordon Shearer

Gordon Shearer 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).

  • Guide apparatus for continuous fiber bundle, winding machine for continuous fiber bundle equipped with the guide apparatus, method for making bobbin by the winding machine, and carbon fiber bobbin made by the method
    Patent number: 7255302
    Abstract: Disclosed are guide apparatus for guiding an advancing continuous fiber bundle, a winding machine having the guide apparatus installed therein, a method for making a bobbin of a continuous fiber bundle, particularly that of carbon fibers, and a carbon fiber bobbin made by using the winding machine; and the guide apparatus comprises: a pair of a first and a second guides disposed on the passage of the fiber bundle, axis lines of which guides are in a relation twisted away from each other in a space, and a parallel guide disposed at the downstream side of the pair of the guides, axis line of which parallel guide is parallel to that of the bobbin, the first guide being a flat or a conical guide, and the second guide being a conical guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gordon Shearer, Fumihiko Nobayashi, Osamu Tsutsumi, Atsushi Kawamura
  • Guide apparatus for continuous fiber bundle, winding machine for continuous fiber bundle equipped with the guide apparatus, method for making bobbin by the winding machine, and carbon fiber bobbin made by the method
    Publication number: 20050199760
    Abstract: Disclosed are guide apparatus for guiding an advancing continuous fiber bundle, a winding machine having the guide apparatus installed therein, a method for making a bobbin of a continuous fiber bundle, particularly that of carbon fibers, and a carbon fiber bobbin made by using the winding machine; and the guide apparatus comprises: a pair of a first and a second guides disposed on the passage of the fiber bundle, axis lines of which guides are in a relation twisted away from each other in a space, and a parallel guide disposed at the downstream side of the pair of the guides, axis line of which parallel guide is parallel to that of the bobbin, the first guide being a flat or a conical guide, and the second guide being a conical guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gordon Shearer, Fumihiko Nobayashi, Osamu Tsutsumi, Atsushi Kawamura