Patents by Inventor Kevin John Giardiniere

Kevin John Giardiniere 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 controlling the temperature of a cryogen
    Patent number: 9016076
    Abstract: A fluid spray device system (1) that maintains a resultant fluid discharge, or a material onto which the resultant fluid is discharged, within a predetermined range of a set-point temperature by regulating the flow rate of a throttling gas using a proportional valve (22). The resultant fluid has throttling gas and cryogenic fluid components. Both the throttling gas and cryogenic fluid are preferably supplied from a single tank (11) and the cryogenic fluid supply is pressure-regulated and includes a triaxial delivery hose (33) having a return line with a back-pressure regulator (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin John Giardiniere, John Lewis Green, Ranajit Ghosh, Daniel James Gibson, Zbigniew Zurecki
  • Apparatus and method for machining polymers with controlled croygenic cooling
    Patent number: 8820199
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for discharging a temperature-controlled flow of a resultant fluid (32) containing a throttling gas and cryogenic fluid onto a material (14) for the purpose of maintaining the temperature of the material within a desired temperature range and below the glass transition temperature of the material during machining. Also disclosed is an apparatus and method for deburring or deflashing a machined material by discharging a temperature-controlled flow of a resultant fluid (132) onto a machined material (114) to harden the burrs (134a), then brushing the material (114) to remove the hardened burrs (143a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ranajit Ghosh, Jeffrey Alan Knopf, Daniel James Gibson, Thomas Mebrahtu, Kevin John Giardiniere
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF A CRYOGEN
    Publication number: 20120216550
    Abstract: A fluid spray device system (1) that maintains a resultant fluid discharge, or a material onto which the resultant fluid is discharged, within a predetermined range of a set-point temperature by regulating the flow rate of a throttling gas using a proportional valve (22). The resultant fluid has throttling gas and cryogenic fluid components. Both the throttling gas and cryogenic fluid are preferably supplied from a single tank (11) and the cryogenic fluid supply is pressure-regulated and includes a triaxial delivery hose (33) having a return line with a back-pressure regulator (54).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin John Giardiniere, John Lewis Green, Ranajit Gosh, Daniel James Gibson, Zbigniew Zurecki
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINING POLYMERS WITH CONTROLLED CROYGENIC COOLING
    Publication number: 20100193980
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for discharging a temperature-controlled flow of a resultant fluid (32) containing a throttling gas and cryogenic fluid onto a material (14) for the purpose of maintaining the temperature of the material within a desired temperature range and below the glass transition temperature of the material during machining. Also disclosed is an apparatus and method for deburring or deflashing a machined material by discharging a temperature-controlled flow of a resultant fluid (132) onto a machined material (114) to harden the burrs (134a), then brushing the material (114) to remove the hardened burrs (143a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Ranajit Ghosh, Jeffrey Alan Knopf, Daniel James Gibson, Thomas Mebrahtu, Kevin John Giardiniere