Patents by Inventor Robert D. Longboat

Robert D. Longboat 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 splicing webs of indeterminate length
    Patent number: 5066345
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for splicing webs (14,18) such as photographic film in which the lead end of a new web and the tail end of an old web are trimmed at the parallel edges (82,84) of their input platens (36,38) and then shifted into abutment for application of a strip of tape. An automatic tape dispenser (128) cuts tape into predetermined lengths, transfers the lengths to a vacuum applicator wheel (130) and then rolls the lengths across the abutted lead and tail ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael Long, Lyndon R. Huttemann, Robert W. Sanford, Robert D. Longboat
  • Apparatus and method for splicing webs of indeterminate length
    Patent number: 5053096
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for splicing webs (14,18) such as photographic film in which the lead end of a new web and the tail end of an old web are trimmed at the parallel edges (82,84) of their input platens (36,38) and then shifted into abutment for application of a strip of tape. An automatic tape dispenser (128) cuts tape into predetermined lengths, transfers the lengths to a vacuum applicator wheel (130) and then rolls the lengths across the abutted lead and tail ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Michael Long, Lyndon R. Huttemann, Robert W. Sanford, Robert D. Longboat