Patents by Inventor Michael Wayne Back

Michael Wayne Back 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).

  • Coating apparatus and method
    Patent number: 9199446
    Abstract: A rotary-style coating machine of the type capable of applying coatings to various web substrates in the commercial offset web and/or digital web printing industry. The coating machine includes a coating cylinder and a plate cylinder that are rotatably mounted within the machine. The coating cylinder includes a coating sleeve removably mounted on a mandrel, and the plate cylinder includes a plate sleeve removably mounted on another mandrel. The machine further includes a unit for depositing a coating material on the coating sleeve as the coating cylinder is rotated. The plate cylinder is operative to receive the coating material from the coating sleeve. An impression cylinder supports a web substrate that receives the coating material from the plate sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Global Web Finishing, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Lee Nadrchal, John Matthias Nader, Thomas James Payer, Robert Steven Orto, Michael Wayne Back
  • COATING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110318492
    Abstract: A rotary-style coating machine of the type capable of applying coatings to various web substrates in the commercial offset web and/or digital web printing industry. The coating machine includes a coating cylinder and a plate cylinder that are rotatably mounted within the machine. The coating cylinder includes a coating sleeve removably mounted on a mandrel, and the plate cylinder includes a plate sleeve removably mounted on another mandrel. The machine further includes a unit for depositing a coating material on the coating sleeve as the coating cylinder is rotated. The plate cylinder is operative to receive the coating material from the coating sleeve. An impression cylinder supports a web substrate that receives the coating material from the plate sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: GLOBAL WEB FINISHING
    Inventors: Thomas Lee Nadrchal, John Matthias Nader, Thomas James Payer, Robert Steven Orto, Michael Wayne Back