Patents by Inventor Donald Lee Knoy, Jr.

Donald Lee Knoy, Jr. 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).

  • Method of manufacturing a stack of spaced lites
    Patent number: 6773777
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the manufacture of lites (glass sheets) which have at least a pair of thin spacers applied thereto which maintain the lites in spaced relationship when stacked upon pallets, wrapped and shipped. The spacers are preferably only partially adhered to the lites, either by weak bonding adhesive or electrostatically, and can be readily removed during end-use applications. The spacers are applied automatically during production runs of the lites, and the spacers are applied from above or from below relative to the path of travel of the lites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Gemtron Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Lee Knoy, Jr., Aaron M. Bauer, Robert A. Moss
  • Method of manufacturing a stack of spaced lites
    Patent number: 6652945
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the manufacture of lites (glass sheets) which have at least a pair of thin spacers applied thereto which maintain the lites in spaced relationship when stacked upon pallets, wrapped and shipped. The spacers are preferably only partially adhered to the lites, either by weak bonding adhesive or electrostatically, and can be readily removed during end-use applications. The spacers are applied automatically during production runs of the lites, and the spacers are applied from above or from below relative to the path of travel of the lites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Gemtron Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Lee Knoy, Jr., Aaron M. Bauer, Robert A. Moss
  • Method of manufacturing a stack of spaced lites
    Patent number: 6488804
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the manufacture of lites (glass sheets) which have at least a pair of thin spacers applied thereto which maintain the lites in spaced relationship when stacked upon pallets, wrapped and shipped. The spacers are preferably only partially adhered to the lites, either by weak bonding adhesive or electrostatically, and can be readily removed during end-use applications. The spacers are applied automatically during production runs of the lites, and the spacers are applied from above or from below relative to the path of travel of the lites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Gemtron Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Lee Knoy, Jr., Aaron M. Bauer, Robert A. Moss
  • Stack of spaced sheets
    Patent number: 6220437
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the manufacture of lites (glass sheets) which have at least a pair of thin spacers applied thereto which maintain the lites in spaced relationship when stacked upon pallets, wrapped and shipped. The spacers are preferably only partially adhered to the lites, either by weak bonding adhesive or electrostatically, and can be readily removed during end-use applications. The spacers are applied automatically during production runs of the lites, and the spacers are applied from above or from below relative to the path of travel of the lites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Gemtron Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Lee Knoy, Jr., Aaron M. Bauer, Robert A. Moss