Patents by Inventor August DeFazio

August DeFazio 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).

  • Reuse of plastic
    Patent number: 5203067
    Abstract: Plastics having coatings are reused by first removing the coatings as by shaving or treatment with solvents or jets of hot liquid or vapor that melt the coatings and blow them away. Thin plastic pieces like compact discs are passed through surface milling apparatus which shaves off the coatings. After the shaving, the discs are brushed while rotating around their centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Inventor: August DeFazio
  • Shaving machine
    Patent number: 5199143
    Abstract: Plastics having coatings are reused by first removing the coatings as by shaving or treatment with solvents or jets of hot liquid or vapor that melt the coatings and blow them away. Thin plastic pieces like compact discs are passed through surface milling apparatus which shaves off the coatings. After the shaving, the discs are brushed while rotating around their centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Inventor: August DeFazio
  • Hologram production
    Patent number: 5189531
    Abstract: Holograms are formed in moldable materials of varied shapes and curvatures utilizing injection molding and the like. Instead of the conventional metallizing, there can be sprayed on flakes of highly specular metal made by breaking up a thin coating of metal metallized by conventional metallizing on a removable support. Hologram on one surface of a molding that has a 100% mirror on an opposing surface, is suitable for cosmetic compact case covers or the like. Holograms can also be applied to digital compact audio discs or video discs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: August DeFazio
    Inventors: Charles E. Palmer, Barry J. Taylor, August DeFazio
  • Process for making metallic leafing pigments
    Patent number: 4321087
    Abstract: A continuous process for preparing finely divided thin, bright metal particles which comprises applying a release coating to at least one side of a carrier sheet, depositing a metal film of from 350 to 450 angstroms thickness onto the release coating solubilizing the release coating, removing the metal film from the carrier sheet, and breaking the thin metal film into particles having a diameter of between 25 to 50 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignee: Revlon, Inc.
    Inventors: Sol Levine, Melvin E. Kamen, August DeFazio, Peter Cueli
  • Vacuum chuck
    Patent number: 4184292
    Abstract: A vacuum chuck for use in lens grinding having a vertical bore extending downwardly into the block to join a through horizontal bore provided with a venturi, so that by blowing air through the venturi a vacuum is created in the vertical bore to secure the lens placed on top of the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Assignee: Revlon, Inc.
    Inventors: August DeFazio, Melvin E. Kamen