Patents by Inventor J. Carl Hensley

J. Carl Hensley 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 forming a tabbed film strip
    Patent number: 3941646
    Abstract: A tabbed film strip comprising a film portion and a tab portion secured together in parallel adjacent edge relation by a connecting tape overlapping the film and tab portion and adhesively secured thereto in an arrangement leaving a major area of the film portion and tab portion uncovered throughout their lengths. Apparatus to form this product and to carry out a process of making it comprises a housing which supports individual feed supplies for the film portion and the tab portion and which also supports a feed supply for the connecting tape. The tape has pressure sensitive adhesive on one of its surfaces for securement to the film and tab portions. Forming mechanism is supported on the housing and has guide grooves therein as well as guide rollers and a hold-down arm associated therewith arranged to place the film portion and tab portion in parallel adjacent edge relation and to secure these two portions together by means of the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1972
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: Byers Photo Equipment Company
    Inventors: Chester H. Petry, Jr., J. Carl Hensley
  • Process of preparing a film strip for handling
    Patent number: 3939026
    Abstract: A tabbed film strip comprising a film portion and a tab portion secured together in parallel adjacent edge relation by a connecting tape overlapping the film and tab portion and adhesively secured thereto in an arrangement leaving a major area of the film portion and tab portion uncovered throughout their lengths. Apparatus to form this product and to carry out a process of making it comprises a housing which supports individual feed supplies for the film portion and the tab portion and which also supports a feed supply for the connecting tape. The tape has pressure sensitive adhesive on one of its surfaces for securement to the film and tab portions. Forming mechanism is supported on the housing and has guide grooves therein as well as guide rollers and a hold-down arm associated therewith arranged to place the film portion and tab portion in parallel adjacent edge relation and to secure these two portions together by means of the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: Byers Photo Equipment
    Inventors: Chester H. Petry, Jr., J. Carl Hensley