Patents by Inventor John Edward Meadowcroft

John Edward Meadowcroft 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 and method for continuously and endlessly vulcanizing rubber hose
    Patent number: 7198476
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for continuously and endlessly vulcanizing a hose is disclosed and claimed. Pressurized air or other gas is intermittently supplied through a woven jacket, a mandrel, a check valve and into the interior of an extruded rubber hose. The hose is sealed as it is pulled over the mandrel. Pinch rollers seal the other end of the hose. One or more non-contact heaters vulcanize the hose from outside-in. Pressurizing the inside of the hose maintains proper diametrical dimensions of the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Snap-Tite Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Harcourt, John Edward Meadowcroft
  • Apparatus and method for continuously and endlessly vulcanizing rubber hose
    Patent number: 6984351
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for continuously and endlessly vulcanizing a hose is disclosed and claimed. Pressurized air or other gas is intermittently supplied through a woven jacket, a mandrel, a check valve and into the interior of an extruded rubber hose. The hose is sealed as it is pulled over the mandrel. Pinch rollers seal the other end of the hose. One or more non-contact heaters vulcanize the hose from outside-in. Pressurizing the inside of the hose maintains proper diametrical dimensions of the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Snap-tite Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Harcourt, John Edward Meadowcroft