Charles Gorrie Wynne (1911–1999) - Patents

Patents issued to Charles Gorrie Wynne.

Great Britain

1. GB492311 (A), 1938-09-19, Improvements in and relating to objectives for photographic purposes
   - Arthur Warmisham, Charles Gorrie Wynne and Kapella Limited

2. GB507184 (A), 1939-06-12, Improvements in or relating to objectives for photographic or like purposes
   - Arthur Warmisham, Charles Gorrie Wynne and Taylor, Taylor & Hobson

3. GB546035 (A), 1942-06-24, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
   - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson and Charles Gorrie Wynne

4. GB547666 (A), 1942-09-07, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
   - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

5. GB550754 (A), 1943-01-22, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
   - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson and Charles Gorrie Wynne

6. GB550870 (A), 1943-01-28, Improvements in or relating to optical systems
   - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson and Charles Gorrie Wynne

7. GB551011 (A), 1943-02-04, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
   - Kapella Limited, Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

8. GB553639 (A), 1943-05-31, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
   - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

9. GB559699 (A), 1944-03-01, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
   - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne.

10. GB559864 (A), 1944-03-08, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
    - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

11. GB560540 (A), 1944-04-07, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
    - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

12. GB560608 (A), 1944-04-12, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
    - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

13. GB560609 (A), 1944-04-12, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
    - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

14. GB560610 (A), 1944-04-12, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
    - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

15. GB561804 (A), 1944-06-06, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
    - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

16. GB561943 (A), 1944-06-12, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
    - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

17. GB564133 (A), 1944-09-14, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
    - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson and Charles Gorrie Wynne

18. GB564134 (A), 1944-09-14, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
    - Taylor, Taylor & Hobson and Charles Gorrie Wynne

19. GB564815 (A), 1944-10-13, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
    - Kapella Limited and Charles Gorrie Wynne

20. GB571567 (A), 1945-08-30, Improvements relating to optical condenser systems,
    - Wray (Optical Works) Limited and Charles Gorrie Wynne

21. GB575075 (A), 1946-02-01, Improvements relating to optical lenses
    - Wray (Optical Works) Limited and Charles Gorrie Wynne

22. GB575076 (A), 1946-02-01, Improvements relating to optical lenses,
    - Wray (Optical Works) Limited and Charles Gorrie Wynne

23. GB577763 (A), 1946-05-30, Improvements relating to optical lenses
    - Wray (Optical Works) Limited and Charles Gorrie Wynne

24. GB604883 (A), 1948-07-12, Improvements relating to optical lenses
    - Wray (Optical Works) Limited and Charles Gorrie Wynne

25. GB618253 (A), 1949-02-18, Improvements in or relating to optical objectives
    - Wray (Optical Works) Limited and Charles Gorrie Wynne

26. GB689916 (A), 1953-04-08, Improvements relating to optical lenses
    - Wray (Optical Works) Limited and Charles Gorrie Wynne

27. GB696902 (A), 1953-09-09, Improvements relating to optical lenses
    - Wray (Optical Works) Limited and Charles Gorrie Wynne

28. GB697910 (A), 1953-09-30, Improvements relating to optical lenses
    - Wray (Optical Works) Limited and Charles Gorrie Wynne

29. GB954585 (A), 1964-04-08, Optical objective
    - Charles Gorrie Wynne (of Imperial College, London)

30. GB954808 (A), 1964-04-08, Optical objective
    - Charles Gorrie Wynne (of Imperial College, London)

Canada

1. CA429064 (A), 1945-07-31, Optical objective
   - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

2. CA429065 (A), 1945-07-31, Optical objective
   - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

3. CA429066 (A), 1945-07-31, Optical objective
   - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

4. CA429067 (A), 1945-07-31, Optical objective
   - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

5. CA429068 (A), 1945-07-31, Optical objective,
   - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

6. CA429069 (A), 1945-07-31, Optical objective
   - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

7. CA429070 (A), 1945-07-31, Optical objective
   - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

8. CA429621 (A), 1945-08-28, Optical objective
   - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

9. CA433475 (A), 1946-03-12, Optical objective,
   - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

10. CA433476 (A), 1946-03-12, Optical objective
    - Charles Gorrie Wynne

11. CA433477 (A), 1946-03-12, Optical objective
    - Charles Gorrie Wynne

12. CA434155 (A), 1946-04-16, Optical objective
    - Charles Gorrie Wynne

United States

1. US2194413, 19 Mar 1940, objectives for photographic or like purposes,
   - Arthur Warmisham, Charles Gorrie Wynne and Taylor, Taylor & Hobson

2. US2319171 11 May 1943, Optical objective
   - Arthur Warmisham, Charles Gorrie Wynne and Taylor, Taylor & Hobson

3. US2349893, 30 May, 1944, Optical objective
   - Arthur Warmisham, Charles Gorrie Wynne and Taylor, Taylor & Hobson

4. US2363712, 28 November, 1944, Optical objective
   - Arthur Warmisham, Charles Gorrie Wynne and Taylor, Taylor & Hobson

5. US2379393, 26, June, 1945, Optical objective
   - Charles Gorrie Wynne

6. US2389016, 13 November, 1945, Optical objective
   - Charles Gorrie Wynne

7. US2391210, 18 December, 1945, Optical objective
   - Arthur Warmisham, Charles Gorrie Wynne and Kapella Limited

8. US2394959, 12 February, 1946, Optical system
   - Charles Gorrie Wynne and Taylor, Taylor & Hobson

9. US2397714, 2 April, 1946, Optical objective
   - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

10. US2413476, 31 December, 1946, Optical objective
    - Arthur Warmisham, Charles Gorrie Wynne and Taylor, Taylor & Hobson

11. US2416032,18 February, 1947, Optical objective
    - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

12. US2416033, 18 February, 1947, Optical objective
    - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

13. US2416969, 4 March, 1947, Optical objective
    - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

14. US2418001,25 March, 1947, Optical objective
    - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

15. US2419803, 29 April, 1947, Optical objective
    - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

16. US2419804, 29 April, 1947, Optical objective
    - Arthur Warmisham and Charles Gorrie Wynne

17. US2487749, 8 November, 1949, Four component optical objective
    - Charles Gorrie Wynne and Wray (Optical Works) Limited

18. US2487750, 8 November, 1949, Wide aperture objective having two meniscus dispersive components and two or more collective components
    - Charles Gorrie Wynne and Wray (Optical Works) Limited

19. US2499264, 28 February, 1950, Large aperture spherically corrected objective having two outer positive components and two inner negative meniscus components with one cemented surface
    - Charles Gorrie Wynne and Wray (Optical Works) Limited

20. US2509554, 30, May, 1950, Catadioptric system with correcting lens means. Mentions Maksutov and astronomical photography.
    - Charles Gorrie Wynne and Wray (Optical Works) Limited

21. US3526447, 1 September, 1970, Optical systems. Collimating an image from a cathode ray tube. For use in aircraft navigation.
    - Charles Gorrie Wynne and Specto Avionics Limited

22. US4796984, 10 January, 1989, Optical imaging systems
    - Charles Gorrie Wynne and National Research Development Corporation

Notes

(A) = "accepted"

Arthur Warmisham worked at Taylor, Taylor & Hobson for 43 years as an optical designer. He was involved with ninety-nine optical patents. At Manchester University he was taught by Ernest Rutherford and Horace Lamb (Lamb had been taught by George Gabriel Stokes and James Clerk Maxwell whilst at Cambridge).

Companies etc

Imperial College, London. Wynne taught and carried out research there from 1960-1978.

Kapella Limited, 104, Stoughton Street, Leicester (address on patents). In 1914 Kapella Limited is listed as "metal workers" at 27, Guthlaxton Street, which runs parallel, and next to, Stoughton Street. (Wright's Directory)

National Research Development Corporation. Government body set up in 1948 to transfer technology from the public to the private sector.

Specto Avionics Limited. Specialised instrumentation manufacturers eg flight recorders, chronometers and early warning systems. They were involved in the development of a display for high speed, low flying aircraft. Rank Citel, who had already produced such a display (for the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough) commissioned work on the optical units necessary for the system. However there were problems with competition from a US company and with finance. The company was sold to Smiths Industries.

Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, 104, Stoughton Street, Leicester (address on patents). Manufacturers of Cooke Lenses. Wynne worked there from 1936 to 1943

Wray (Optical Works) Limited, Ashgrove Road, Bromley Hill, Kent. Wynne worked there from 1943-1960.

References

Horace Lamb

Arthur Warmisham:

Maxwell, Jonathan and Wormell, Prudence M.J.H., "Charles Gorrie Wynne. 18 May 1911 – 1 October 1999", Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, November 1, 2001, 47, pp497-514

English-made Cooke Lenses: Still in the Picture (2002)

Patents

Searches used to find patents (this does not mean the list is complete):

European Patent Organisation

Google Patents

Companies etc

National Research Development Corporation (Wikipedia)

Specto Avionics: A History of Clarke and Smith

Wright's Directory of Leicester, 1914, p68

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