Patents by Inventor Thomas Atterbury

Thomas Atterbury 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).

  • Self-cleaning paint roller
    Publication number: 20060222448
    Abstract: A self-cleaning paint roller comprising a handle, a frame for carrying a roller sleeve attached to the handle, and a cleaning means for cleaning a roller sleeve carried by the frame is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventor: Thomas Atterbury
  • Method and apparatus for electrically contacting a material specimen to the conductors of a coaxial cable
    Patent number: 4281284
    Abstract: A specimen holder has flexible walls to provide good electrical contact between a material to be tested for its electrical properties and the conductors of a coaxial cable. The walls of the specimen holder are tubular in shape and coaxial and have a plurality of longitudinal slots spaced therearound to provide strips which are flexible in the radial direction. The walls are permanently distorted in a radial direction to urge them towards each other and into spring-like contact with an annular material specimen inserted between them. The specimen holder is particularly suited for measuring the electromagnetic shielding effectiveness of materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: Transmet Corporation
    Inventors: David E. Stutz, Thomas Atterbury, William F. Scharenberg, Jr.