Patents by Inventor Tom Orin Matteson

Tom Orin Matteson 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).

  • Radial contact applicator roll
    Publication number: 20020078884
    Abstract: A roll for applying a sizing composition to a fan of one or more fibers, providing a shaft having a curved central axis and a sleeve covering at least a portion of the shaft, the sleeve being rotatable relative to the shaft. Each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers contacts the sleeve at an axial location of the sleeve such that each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers lies substantially in a plane perpendicular to the curved central axis of the shaft at the axial location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Guang Gao, Andrew Lawrence Snedden, David Lynn Molnar, Tom Orin Matteson, Richard Alan Green
  • Radial contact applicator roll
    Patent number: 6358317
    Abstract: A roll for applying a sizing composition to a fan of one or more fibers, providing a shaft having a curved central axis and a sleeve covering at least a portion of the shaft, the sleeve being rotatable relative to the shaft. Each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers contacts the sleeve at an axial location of the sleeve such that each fiber of the fan of one or more fibers lies substantially in a plane perpendicular to the curved central axis of the shaft at the axial location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Guang Gao, Andrew Lawrence Snedden, David Lynn Molnar, Tom Orin Matteson, Richard Alan Green