Patents by Inventor William M. Fulton

William M. Fulton 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).

  • Drainage device with bonded wear surface and method of fabrication
    Patent number: 4265706
    Abstract: A drainage device adapted to be mounted on a papermaking machine and positioned to support the moving web and to engage the undersurface of the web as it passes thereover to extract fluid downwardly from the web. The drainage device includes a main body portion and a multiplicity of wear resistant wafers bonded thereto with the upper surface of the wafers providing a bearing surface for the moving web as it passes thereover and the main body portion and the wafers having substantially the same coefficient of thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Albany International Corp.
    Inventor: William M. Fulton