Patents by Inventor Dennis G. Schmalzel

Dennis G. Schmalzel 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).

  • Easy-cleaning infra-red oven
    Patent number: 5398425
    Abstract: An oven has heating units to dry the paint on a freshly painted automotive vehicle. Each heating unit has infra-red tubes mounted on a frame. A reflector plate having a reflecting surface is provided behind the frame. The frame is mounted for swinging movement from an operative position adjacent to the reflecting surface of the reflector plate to an inoperative position allowing access to the reflecting surface to enable the reflecting surface to be cleaned. A quick acting latch is provided to releasably secure the frame in its operative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Inventors: Thomas A. Cherry, Steven R. Lipple, Dennis G. Schmalzel
  • Brush finishing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5056267
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for polishing the surface of successive automotive vehicle bodies as they move past a polishing station. Rotary brushes are moved into brushing contact with an automotive vehicle body under a regulated pressure. The brushes have bristles covered with abrasive particles. The bristles are made of a consumable material such as nylon so that the tips wear away during use and fresh abrasive is continually presented for polishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignees: Omni Engineering, Inc., General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald W. Nicely, Steven R. Lipple, Dennis G. Schmalzel