STEVEN A COPE
Engineering in Newark, DE

5839342, Nov 24, 1998

Jun 12, 1996

8/662893

Steven A. Cope - Newark DE
Dennis L. Frost - Newark DE
Ricky Wayne Oakley - Midlothian VA

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company - Wilmington DE

B26D 108

83583

A yarn cutting apparatus comprising a cutter body, piston and a cutting mechanism. The cutting body has a cylindrical bore extending from a first end to a second end and a body notch extending transversely from one side to the other side of the cutter body. The cutting mechanism comprises a first cutting element, having an element notch and a planar support surface and a planar cutting surface parallel with the support surface, slidably mounted in the cutter body to move within the cylindrical bore and a second cutting element resiliently mounted in the cutter body adjacent the body notch. The second cutting element has a cutting edge and a planar surface that is parallel with and in surface to surface contact with the planar surface of the first cutting element. The piston is slidably fitted into the bore and engages an end of the first cutting element adjacent the first end of the bore, while the opposite end of the end of the first cutting element is attached to a bearing element slidably fitted into the bore. The cutter body further includes a support attached adjacent to the body notch and opposite the second cutting element for engaging the planar support surface of the first cutting element to resist rotation of the first cutting element due to the urging of the second cutting element.

6394383, May 28, 2002

Nov 21, 2000

09/717424

Steven Andrew Cope - Newark DE
Joseph Edward Koskol - Wilmington DE

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company - Wilmington DE

B65H 5422

2424746, 2424861, 2424864, 242477, 2424769

A winder for elastomeric fibers, which can reciprocate the fiber during winding and provides a substantially constant distance of fiber travel between the point where the fiber leaves the puller roll and the point where the fiber first contacts the contact roll, is provided.

7803242, Sep 28, 2010

Jun 14, 2007

11/763013

Thomas J. Hagman - Seattle WA, US
Ralph D. Cope - Elkton MD, US
Ross Hutter - Lincoln University PA, US
Steven A. Cope - Newark DE, US
Kim Ferrara - Middletown DE, US
Nanette M. Gopez - Newark DE, US
Michael J. Case - Bear DE, US

Boeing Company - Chicago IL

B65H 69/06, B65H 69/02, B26D 7/06

156159, 156157, 156502, 156504, 242556

An apparatus for splicing an elongate multi-layered workpiece includes: (a) drives and guides cooperating to drive the workpiece along a working path; (b) a cutter for severing the workpiece; (c) a layer manipulator for separating layers; (d) an applicator for applying adhesive; and (e) a deflector unit for deflecting the workpiece from the working path. The cutter effects the severing to present first and second workpiece segments. The layer manipulator effects inter-layer separation in one segment to present an interlayer zone in the one segment. A drive inserts the other segment in the interlayer zone. The layer manipulator urges the layers together to capture the other segment within the interlayer zone to establish a multi-layer structure. A drive and at least one of the workpiece deflector unit and the applicator situate the multi-layer structure adjacent to the applicator for finishing the splicing by applying adhesive to the multi-layer structure.

2011024, Oct 13, 2011

Apr 13, 2010

12/759333

Jason K. Slack - Clinton UT, US
Christopher J. Madsen - Ogden UT, US
Don C. Jones - West Haven UT, US
Vernon M. Benson - Morgan UT, US
Peter G. Turner - Eden UT, US
Ralph Douglas Cope - Elkton MD, US
Kimberly Ann Ferrara - Middletown DE, US
Anthony Dale Johnson - Conowingo MD, US
Michael James Case - Newark DE, US
Jesse Paul Brown - Newark DE, US
James Gargel - Bear DE, US
Steven Andrew Cope - Newark DE, US
Kyle Putnam Tarry - Middletown PA, US

B32B 37/02, B32B 38/10, B32B 38/04

156 64, 156362, 156360, 156363, 156250, 156248

A material preparation device is provided. The material preparation device includes a bias-ply assembly, a feedstock assembly and an application head. The bias-ply assembly is configured to pass a bias-ply backing material along a first path. The feedstock assembly is configured to pass a feedstock along a second path that crosses the first path at a select angle. The feedstock includes resin pre-impregnated fiber reinforced material (pre-preg) having the fibers at a first orientation relative to an edge of the feedstock. The application head is configured to transfer the pre-preg from the feedstock to the bias-ply backing material at a location where the first path crosses the second path to form a bias-ply with the fibers of the pre-preg having a second different orientation relative to an edge of the formed bias-ply.