Patents by Inventor Roger Marthoz

Roger Marthoz 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 providing uniform stretched edges of strip material for splicing
    Patent number: 5662759
    Abstract: A strip of resilient material is clamped uniformly across the width of the material at a first position by vertically spaced clamps which are separated to stretch a section of the material beyond the elastic limit. The stretched section of material is released and transported on a horizontal conveyor to a second position where the stretched section is cut by a cutter providing edges of reduced thickness which are suitable for overlapping other stretched edges of reduced thickness for splicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Francis Cornet, Robert Albert Lammlein, Jr., Roger Marthoz, John Kolbjorn Roedseth
  • Method and apparatus for storing and transferring tires to a hook conveyor
    Patent number: 4526267
    Abstract: Completed, shaped and uncured tires are placed on an inclined chute having a gate mechanism for automatically transferring one tire to a tire carrier while the other tires are retained in the chute. The tire carrier raises and rotates the tire to an upper position for movement of a conveyor hook through a central aperture of the tire and into engagement with one side of the tire to move it out of the carrier into a supported position on the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Antony Harding, Roger Marthoz