Patents by Inventor Philip P. Thiel

Philip P. Thiel 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 for applying thermoplastic adhesive to flexible die-cut parts
    Patent number: 4523541
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for applying thermoplastic adhesive in a dot pattern to flexible die-cut parts, such as shoe parts. The apparatus includes a tank with a removable bottom and heating elements within the removable bottom of the tank, a mixing roll, an applicator roll having a pattern of indentations over the entire surface, a primary wiper, a secondary wiper, a pressure roll and a number of stripping fingers which ride in grooves in the applicator roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1985
    Assignee: The Louis G. Freeman Company
    Inventors: D. Bruce Freeman, Bernard G. Kesse, Philip P. Thiel
  • Process for applying thermoplastic adhesive to flexible die-cut parts
    Patent number: 4468418
    Abstract: An apparatus and process for applying thermoplastic adhesive in a dot pattern to flexible die-cut parts, such as shoe parts. The apparatus includes a tank with a removable bottom and heating elements within the removable bottom of the tank, a mixing roll, an applicator roll having a pattern of indentations over the entire surface, a primary wiper, a secondary wiper, a pressure roll and a number of stripping fingers which ride in grooves in the applicator roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1984
    Assignee: The Louis G. Freeman Company
    Inventors: D. Bruce Freeman, Bernard G. Kesse, Philip P. Thiel