Patents by Inventor William P. Ware

William P. Ware 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).

  • Patent number: 4529148
    Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating field installation of electrical conduit and fiber optic lines in a conduit and a method of providing pull line in such apparatus.A roll of wound conduit tubing having a length of over 700 feet is provided with a pull line extending through the entire length of the wound tubing. The pull line has a tensile strength of about 45 pounds such that it will have sufficient strength to accomplish field pulling operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: Thomas Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald N. Hesprich, William P. Ware
  • Patent number: 4030702
    Abstract: Cable pull lines are pneumatically rodded through underground cable housing conduit comprising joined multipassage sections by attaching the free end of the pull lines to individual foam carriers inserted into each passage at one end of the conduit and forcing air through a manifold into said passages behind the foam carriers to simultaneously drive the carriers to the open exit end of the conduit. The pull lines have been previously uniformly wound on a reel and a brake is used to tension the reel as the pull lines unwind therefrom to keep the foam carriers in phase as they advance through the conduit and thereby to prevent air bypassing the leading foam carriers through gaps at the conduit section joints with resultant loss of driving pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Thomas Industries of Tennessee, Inc.
    Inventors: William P. Ware, Robert D. Wheeler