Patents by Inventor Jude A. Stepaniak

Jude A. Stepaniak 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: 7601218
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser. The dispenser includes a plurality of cartridges at least one of which allows selective deposition of the liquid onto a workpiece passing through a travel path between the cartridges. Spacing between the cartridges is moveable such that they are responsive to the presence or absence of or changes in thickness or planarity of the workpiece. A linear bearing cooperates with at least one of the cartridges to limit relative movement between them along a linear path. In one embodiment, the dispenser includes an applicator head configured to deposit the liquid includes a divergently-shaped flowpath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Valco Cincinnati, Inc.
    Inventors: Jude A. Stepaniak, Dennis R. Riehle, Randolph S. Parks
  • Publication number: 20060081727
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser. The dispenser includes a plurality of cartridges at least one of which allows selective deposition of the liquid onto a workpiece passing through a travel path between the cartridges. Spacing between the cartridges is moveable such that they are responsive to the presence or absence of or changes in thickness or planarity of the workpiece. A linear bearing cooperates with at least one of the cartridges to limit relative movement between them along a linear path. In one embodiment, the dispenser includes an applicator head configured to deposit the liquid includes a divergently-shaped flowpath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Jude Stepaniak, Dennis Riehle, Randolph Parks
  • Patent number: 6851633
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser. The dispenser includes a base structure, a plurality of cartridges releasably mounted to the base structure, and a valve fluidly coupled with an applicator head to allow continued contact with and selective deposition of the liquid to a product passing through a travel path between the cartridges. At least one of the cartridges is linked to the base structure through a variable coupling that is linearly responsive to changes in thickness or planarity of the product such that the applicator head automatically maintains constant contact with the product, regardless of such changes, without having to stop the dispenser or ancillary pieces of machinery. The cartridges are hand interchangeable such that liquid can be deposited on either an upper or lower surface of the product without requiring any tools to affect top-down or bottom-up deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Valco Cincinnati, Inc.
    Inventors: Jude A. Stepaniak, Dennis E. Riehle, Randolph S. Parks
  • Publication number: 20040108396
    Abstract: A liquid dispenser. The dispenser includes a base structure, a plurality of cartridges releasably mounted to the base structure, and a valve fluidly coupled with an applicator head to allow continued contact with and selective deposition of the liquid to a product passing through a travel path between the cartridges. At least one of the cartridges is linked to the base structure through a variable coupling that is linearly responsive to changes in thickness or planarity of the product such that the applicator head automatically maintains constant contact with the product, regardless of such changes, without having to stop the dispenser or ancillary pieces of machinery. The cartridges are hand interchangeable such that liquid can be deposited on either an upper or lower surface of the product without requiring any tools to affect top-down or bottom-up deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Jude A. Stepaniak, Dennis R. Riehle, Randolph S. Parks