Patents by Inventor Jeffery Kane Rogers

Jeffery Kane Rogers 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).

  • Zero tension web unwinder apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5709352
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for the tensionless unwinding of a gossamer web of material from a bobbin uses a servo control system connected between the servomotors of a web handling apparatus and a bobbin unwinder for controlling the unwinding speed of the bobbin unwinder in relation to the take-up speed of the web handling apparatus. A pulsed infrared sensor is used to sense the web position in a loop between the unwinder and the web handling apparatus and supply a feedback signal to the servo control system for maintaining the web in a substantially untensioned state. A flow of air is impinged upon the web adjacent the sensor to prevent unwanted web movement due to ambient air currents and other transitory forces on the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jeffery Kane Rogers, Gary Micheal Jackson, Wallace Ray Lassiter, Carl Carlton Greene, Jr.