Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Berry

Kenneth W. Berry 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).

  • Supercalender NIP relieving arrangement
    Patent number: 4510859
    Abstract: Load transfer rod columns extending upwardly along slide blocks of the bearing structures of calender rolls have associated therewith hydraulically operated assemblies for acting on the bearing structures whereby to selectively transfer to the rod columns the overhanging deadweight of the bearing structures when the rolls are in their nipping mode for maintaining the rolls in straight and parallel nip relation. The rod columns thrust downwardly against a load supporting base, which conveniently comprises the slide blocks of a king roll at the bottom of the calender stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: Beloit Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Berry
  • Method of coating both sides of a travelling web
    Patent number: 4177304
    Abstract: Both sides of a travelling web are continuously but separately coated with coating material by passing the web through successive roll-formed puddles in a simple three roll arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1979
    Assignee: Beloit Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Berry