Patents by Inventor James William Brown

James William Brown 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).

  • Apparatus and method for edge processing of a glass sheet
    Publication number: 20070141961
    Abstract: An apparatus for edge processing of a glass sheet, the apparatus including a shroud, a finishing member and a wiping device. The finishing member is substantially enclosed by the shroud. The apparatus uses pressurized air emitted by at least one slot in the wiping device to prevent contaminants resulting from the edge processing from settling on and/or adhering to surfaces of the glass sheet. The wiping device may include a jet of washing fluid directed at the glass sheet to further wash the surfaces and the processed edge of the glass sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: James William Brown, David Francis Castellana, Toshihiko Ono, Ye Guang Pan, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
  • Method for finishing edges of glass sheets
    Patent number: 6685541
    Abstract: A method for edge finishing glass sheets. Glass sheets are separated into desired sizes, after which the edges of the glass sheets are finished using first grinding wheels to grind the edges, followed by polishing wheels to round off the ground edges by contacting and moving the edges of the glass sheet against stationary rotating grinding and polishing wheels which are each oriented approximately parallel to the major surface of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: James William Brown, Bruce Herbert Raeder, Masayuki Shinkai
  • Method for finishing edges of glass sheets
    Patent number: 6676488
    Abstract: A method for edge finishing glass sheets. Glass sheets are separated into desired sizes, after which the edges of the glass sheets are finished using first grinding wheels to grind the edges, followed by polishing wheels to round off the ground edges by contacting and moving the edges of the glass sheet against stationary rotating grinding and polishing wheels which are each oriented approximately parallel to the major surface of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: James William Brown, Bruce Herbert Raeder, Masayuki Shinkai
  • Method for finishing edges of glass sheets
    Publication number: 20020037686
    Abstract: A method for edge finishing glass sheets. Glass sheets are separated into desired sizes, after which the edges of the glass sheets are finished using first grinding wheels to grind the edges, followed by polishing wheels to round off the ground edges by contacting and moving the edges of the glass sheet against stationary rotating grinding and polishing wheels which are each oriented approximately parallel to the major surface of the glass sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: James William Brown, Bruce Herbert Raeder, Masayuki Shinkai
  • Method for finishing edges of glass sheets
    Patent number: 6325704
    Abstract: A method for edge finishing glass sheets. Glass sheets are separated into desired sizes, after which the edges of the glass sheets are finished using first grinding wheels to grind the edges, followed by polishing wheels to round off the ground edges by contacting and moving the edges of the glass sheet against stationary rotating grinding and polishing wheels which are each oriented approximately parallel to the major surface of the glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: James William Brown, Bruce Herbert Raeder, Masayuki Shinkai