Patents by Inventor Robinson F. Nichols

Robinson F. Nichols 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).

  • Method of making a pneumatic deicer by vacuum pressing utilizing a curable rubber-cross-linked rubber composition
    Patent number: 4595442
    Abstract: A pneumatic deicer and a method for making such deicer having a plurality of inflatable tubes which are capable of being distended by inflation to break up the accumulation of ice. The tubes are constructed with a nonflowing elastomeric compound leaving a passageway therein after vulcanization of the deicer by external heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventors: Bernard F. Trares, Robinson F. Nichols
  • Pneumatic deicer
    Patent number: 4361298
    Abstract: A pneumatic deicer and a method for making such deicer having a plurality of inflatable tubes which are capable of being distended by inflation to break up the accumulation of ice. The tubes are constructed with a nonflowing elastomeric compound leaving a passageway therein after vulcanization of the deicer by external heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1982
    Assignee: The B.F. Goodrich Company
    Inventors: Bernard F. Trares, Robinson F. Nichols