Patents by Inventor Terrance M. Larkin

Terrance M. Larkin 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 and apparatus for metering thixotropic battery paste
    Patent number: 3982663
    Abstract: Thixotropic battery paste is metered at a substantially predetermined volumetric flow rate onto a battery grid with the aid of a positive displacement pump means and alternate operation of a pair of cylinder and ram metering devices which are synchronized to deliver the paste substantially without turbulence to a discharge means such as a nozzle for delivery to the battery grid substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1976
    Assignee: The Gates Rubber Company
    Inventor: Terrance M. Larkin
  • Method and apparatus for pasting battery plates
    Patent number: 3951688
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are taught for applying an electrochemically active thixotropic paste onto a porous substrate. A discharge means such as a nozzle is used to deliver a predetermined amount of the paste onto the moving substrate which then enters the nip of a set of opposed driven rolls of desired spacing which compresses the paste into the interstices of the pores of the substrate to produce the desired plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: The Gates Rubber Company
    Inventors: Herbert G. Pankow, Terrance M. Larkin, Roland L. Young, Donald H. McClelland