Patents by Inventor Thomas Walter Cole

Thomas Walter Cole 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 for removing webs from cartridges
    Patent number: 4052921
    Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for pulling webs of random lengths from respective cartridges. Each web has an end portion which protrudes from its respective cartridge. The cartridges are advanced by an endless belt cartridge conveyor in a first direction while the web end portions are sandwiched between a pair of endless belt conveyors and advanced in a second direction at an acute angle with respect to the first direction. Due to such divergent advancement of the cartridges and the web end portions, the webs are pulled from the cartridges. A cutting wheel is provided to cut the web after being pulled from the cartridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gurdip Singh Sethi, Thomas Walter Cole