Patents by Inventor Robert W. Vail

Robert W. Vail 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).

  • Publication number: 20240066162
    Abstract: Described herein is a nonwoven wipe comprising a plurality of polyolefin fibers, wherein the plurality of polyolefin fibers have an average fiber diameter of at least 200 nm and at most 3.5 micrometers, and wherein the plurality of polyolefin fibers have a basis weight of at least 20 and no more than 100 grams per square meter. Such nonwoven wipes can be used with an aqueous solution, optionally comprising an active ingredient, to decontaminate a surface. Also disclosed herein in a decontamination kit providing the same and a method of decontaminating a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew W. Vail, Saurabh Batra, Jodi L. Connell, Robert A. Schmitz
  • Patent number: 3956681
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for generating position signals useful and particularly advantageous as feedback inputs to a servo control system for a paper cutting machine movable back gauge assembly. The generated feedback signals provide binary-coded position information associated only with key control positions established at selected intervals in the back gauge total traverse and pulsed counting information for incremental position changes in each interval between the key control positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1973
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Vail, Joseph C. Widmont