Patents by Inventor Paul R. Smoltich

Paul R. Smoltich 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 shaping and placing lubricant wicking material
    Patent number: 3997965
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for shaping a generally elongate strip of lubricant wicking material and placing it into a component for a dynamoelectric machine. In this apparatus, means is provided for receiving the strip when it is introduced thereinto, and means associated with the receiving means is operable generally for moving the strip therefrom and converting the shape of the strip into a predetermined configuration. Means is provided for predeterminately locating the dynamoelectric machine component on the apparatus with respect to the moving and converting means, and means is operable for displacing the strip generally in its predetermined configuration from the moving and converting means into place within the dynamoelectric machine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul R. Smoltich, James W. Wilson