Patents by Inventor Carl Watkins

Carl Watkins 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).

  • Publication number: 20200290291
    Abstract: An apparatus and related methods for constructing articles with cured pressure-sensitive adhesives comprising (i) a coater that applies a curable adhesive to a membrane; (ii) a cross-linking apparatus adapted to receive said membrane with said curable adhesive, said cross-linking apparatus comprising a light source positioned a first predetermined height above an aperture plate having an aperture therethrough, wherein said aperture plate is positioned a second predetermined height, said first predetermined height and said second predetermined height selected to define an exposure area of light emitted from said light source on to said curable adhesive to form a composite product; and (iii) a roll adapted to receive said composite product, said roll adapted to control a speed at which said membrane with said curable adhesive is exposed to light from said light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Jiansheng TANG, Carl WATKINS, Charles HARVILLE, Mark WOOD, Joseph CARR
  • Patent number: 10688730
    Abstract: A process for forming a construction composite, the process comprising (i) providing a construction article having an adhesive coating layer of a curable pressure-sensitive adhesive; and (ii) subjecting the curable pressure-sensitive adhesive to UV radiation, where the amount of UV radiation imparted to the upper surface of the adhesive coating layer is from about 75 to about 125 millijoule/cm2, and where at least 60% of the radiation rays contributing to this power have an intensity of at least 200 milliWatts/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Firestone Building Products Company, LLC
    Inventors: Jiansheng Tang, Carl Watkins, Charles Harville, Mark Wood, Joseph Carr
  • Publication number: 20180257310
    Abstract: A process for forming a construction composite, the process comprising (i) providing a construction article having an adhesive coating layer of a curable pressure-sensitive adhesive; and (ii) subjecting the curable pressure-sensitive adhesive to UV radiation, where the amount of UV radiation imparted to the upper surface of the adhesive coating layer is from about 75 to about 125 millijoule/cm2, and where at least 60% of the radiation rays contributing to this power have an intensity of at least 200 milliWatts/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Jiansheng Tang, Carl Watkins, Charles Harville, Mark Wood, Joseph Carr
  • Publication number: 20050046049
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for delivering a controlled amount of scent to a target user. Such methods and systems will preferably provide carefully direct boluses or streams of scent(s) to a single or small group of individual(s) using a bolus generator so as to avoid cross-contamination of scents with other persons and other locations. The present invention preferably delivers the bolus of scent as an air ring. The scented air ring moves through the air between the scent generating device directly to the user as a cohesive unit of air. This phenomenon is similar to a “smoke ring” exhaled by a smoker. The scent ring can be directed with accuracy to a localized target as small as the nose of a single user, such that the entire dosage can be delivered to only the user's direct vicinity. Such targeted delivery minimizes the amount of scent that must be delivered to achieve a desired level of scenting at the target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: MicroScent, LLC
    Inventors: Carl Watkins, David Law