Patents by Inventor William R. Mengel

William R. Mengel 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 replacing rotating mandrels on which a web is wound
    Patent number: 4204650
    Abstract: Apparatus for replacing rotating mandrels on which a web is wound, featuring, in various aspects, a surface drive for accelerating new mandrels up to web speed prior to splicing combined with a center drive for rotating the mandrels, the center drive being continually engaged with the mandrels along a transfer path between splicing and main rotation stations, improved means to transfer mandrels between stations, improved splicing and web severing means, and means to load successive mandrels into the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Assignee: Magnat Corp.
    Inventor: William R. Mengel
  • Apparatus for replacing rotating mandrels on which a web is wound
    Patent number: 4165842
    Abstract: Apparatus for replacing rotating mandrels on which a web is wound, featuring, in various aspects, improved means for accelerating new mandrels to match web speed prior to splicing, gravity-induced movement of the new mandrel between loading and main rotation stations, improved splicing and web severing means, and a temporary web tension control brake associated with a splice roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1979
    Assignee: Magnat Corp.
    Inventor: William R. Mengel