Patents by Inventor Olin E. Weiss

Olin E. Weiss 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).

  • Composite tape laying machine
    Patent number: 4351688
    Abstract: An apparatus for severing and laying composite tape to form structural members with a shearing and compacting mechanism capable of a large variety of angular or circular severances. The severances are formed incrementally or digitally with a number of lengthwise slits of selected length. A plurality of transverse cuts are formed in the tape to intersect the slits to form a stairstepped severance. A curved chute at the discharge end of the apparatus has an endless belt to maintain the tape in alignment as it is pressed onto the work surface. The tape is compacted onto the work surface by a segmented roller system composed of several individual rollers. As the severance is reached, the rollers are selectively and individually disengaged from the work surface to correlate compaction termination with the shape of the severance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1982
    Assignee: General Dynamics Corporation
    Inventors: Olin E. Weiss, Grant L. Davis, James L. Hudson, Harlan T. Dowell
  • Composite tape laying apparatus including means for plural longitudinal and transverse cuts
    Patent number: 4292108
    Abstract: An apparatus for severing and laying composite tape to form structural members with a shearing and compacting mechanism capable of a large variety of angular or circular severances. The severances are formed incrementally or digitally with a number of lengthwise slits of selected length. A plurality of transverse cuts are formed in the tape to intersect the slits to form a stairstepped severance. A curved chute at the discharge end of the apparatus has an endless belt to maintain the tape in alignment as it is pressed onto the work surface. The tape is compacted onto the work surface by a segmented roller system composed of several individual rollers. As the severance is reached, the rollers are selectively and individually disengaged from the work surface to correlate compaction termination with the shape of the severance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1981
    Assignee: General Dynamics Corporation
    Inventors: Olin E. Weiss, Grant L. Davis, James L. Hudson, Harlan T. Dowell