Patents by Inventor Paul M Andrews

Paul M Andrews 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).

  • Optical fibre installation apparatus
    Patent number: 9535228
    Abstract: A blowing head for installing blown cable, comprising a low-inertia motor using electrical current, operable to obtain the advance of the cable within the blowing head, adjusting means operable to vary the level of current of the motor, and low-inertia sensing means to sense movement and changes in the level of movement of the cable within the blowing head, wherein in use the adjusting means varies the level of current used by the motor in response to changes in the level of movement sensed by the sensing means, and wherein the varying level of current does not exceed a maximum current level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company
    Inventors: Philip A Barker, Paul M Andrews, Graham A Laidler, Keith E. Nolde
  • Optical Fibre Installation Apparatus
    Publication number: 20090026429
    Abstract: A blowing head for installing blown cable, comprising a low-inertia motor using electrical current, operable to obtain the advance of the cable within the blowing head, adjusting means operable to vary the level of current of the motor, and low-inertia sensing means to sense movement and changes in the level of movement of the cable within the blowing head, wherein in use the adjusting means varies the level of current used by the motor in response to changes in the level of movement sensed by the sensing means, and wherein the varying level of current does not exceed a maximum current level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Philip A Barker, Paul M Andrews, Graham A Laidler, Keith E. Nolde