Patents by Inventor Norman Charles Eggleston

Norman Charles Eggleston 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).

  • Machine for applying coatings to stringers
    Patent number: 6613150
    Abstract: A coating machine includes a conveyor surface that receives and carries a stringer toward a downstream end of the conveyor. An engagement mechanism forces the stringer against the conveyor surface. An applicator mechanism coats the stringer with a coating material during a discharge mode. The discharge mode occurs while a stringer within the coating machine is in a predetermined position. A retention mode occurs while there is not a stringer in the predetermined position within the coating machine. A motor drives the conveyor surface at a first speed during the discharge mode, and at a second speed that is slower than the first speed during the retention mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gary L. Calvert, Norman Charles Eggleston