Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Nicholson, Jr.

Thomas F. Nicholson, Jr. 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).

  • Level layer winding method and apparatus
    Patent number: 4202512
    Abstract: A material strand automatic winding mechanism, and more particularly to the strand feeding and distributing device, and in particular a level layer guide device. This invention relates to a guide for uniformly winding a strand in a level layer on a spool, bobbin, and the like, by means of a follower wheel having a convex radius periphery greater than that of the strand to be wound, but not twice as great with frictional lateral resistance means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1980
    Inventor: Thomas F. Nicholson, Jr.