Patents Represented by Law Firm Niro, Scavona, Haller & Niro
  • Mechanism and process for coating threaded articles having varying external configurations
    Patent number: 6017391
    Abstract: A mechanism and process for coating tapped holes in specialty articles having varying external configurations, such as metal stampings. The specialty article is positioned in a preselected orientation at a loading station, and is then engaged by a carriage assembly and moved from the loading station to a heating station, and then to a spray and discharge station. During movement between stations, the article is maintained in the preselected orientation to allow proper heating and spraying of the tapped holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Nylok Fastener Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Duffy, Eugene Sessa