Patents by Inventor Earl R. Torre, Jr.

Earl R. Torre, 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).

  • Molding shaped articles
    Patent number: 5409645
    Abstract: Shaped ceramic articles can be obtained by forcing a ceramic precursor gel into a belt provided with apertures corresponding to the shapes of the desired articles, freezing the gel in the apertures so that they can be removed without losing structural integrity and then removing the frozen articles from the belt and drying and firing them to produce the desired shaped ceramic articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Saint Gobain/Norton Industrial Ceramics Corp.
    Inventors: Earl R. Torre, Jr., Michael D. Kavanaugh