Patents by Inventor William B. Stanton

William B. Stanton 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 measuring coating thicknesses on continuously moving material
    Patent number: 4383172
    Abstract: A method and apparatus using radiation techniques for measuring coating thicknesses on continuously moving strip material as it travels along a predetermined path and without altering that path. A shuttle carrying a measuring probe having a radioactive isotope source and a detection device is provided in the path of the strip for reciprocation along a preselected segment of the path. The shuttle and the probe are releasably engaged with the strip and carried thereby for synchronous movement therewith in the direction of travel of the strip during a measurement cycle, and are disengaged from the strip when no measurement is being made, the movement of the shuttle then being controlled by an independent drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1983
    Assignee: Twin City International, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Holler, William B. Stanton, Jerry J. Spongr, Boris B. Joffe, Peter W. Raffelsberger, John E. Tiebor