Patents by Inventor John R. Corle

John R. Corle 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).

  • Patent number: 6079701
    Abstract: A glass cutter's table for controllably breaking glass sheets along straight lines includes a supported rigid panel having intersecting first and second arrays of downwardly recessed parallel elongated straight grooves. Pneumatically expandable tubing having a braided sleeve is disposed within the grooves and connected to a valve-controlled source of pressurized gas. When inflated, the tubing protrudes above the top surface of the panel. The tubing is of sufficiently thin walled construction that the weight of an overlying sheet of glass compacts the deflated tubing to a thickness of about twice the wall thickness of the tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Inventor: John R. Corle