Patents by Inventor Stanley Bryan Smith

Stanley Bryan Smith 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).

  • Lightweight roller
    Patent number: 11078025
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a lightweight roller, including: a cylindrical tube manufactured using a lightweight material; the cylindrical tube comprising a first end, a second end substantially opposite the first end, and an outer surface; and at least one end cap attached to at least one of the first end and the second end. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Chemcut Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Rodger Lee Keller, Gerald Myron Reitz, Charles Robert Seager, Stanley Bryan Smith
  • LIGHTWEIGHT ROLLER
    Publication number: 20190152713
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a lightweight roller, including: a cylindrical tube manufactured using a lightweight material; the cylindrical tube comprising a first end, a second end substantially opposite the first end, and an outer surface; and at least one end cap attached to at least one of the first end and the second end. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Rodger Lee Keller, Gerald Myron Reitz, Charles Robert Seager, Stanley Bryan Smith
  • Treatment method and apparatus for printed circuit boards and the like
    Patent number: 5766685
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transporting thin materials, such as printed circuit boards, through an apparatus for treatment of said boards with an etchant, rinse or other chemical process step, including a transport conveyor having a plurality of rotation members with a specially configured rim for contacting the thin materials and moving them through the apparatus with a longer contact path in each rotation of a rotation member than the circumference of the rotation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Atotech USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Bryan Smith, G. Allen Blakeslee