Patents by Inventor Robert E. DeBlois

Robert E. DeBlois 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 application of lubricants to the surface of metallic sheet material
    Patent number: 6713133
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method for applying a liquid lubricant to at least one surface of a moving metal sheet. The apparatus includes a wick and a liquid lubricant reservoir and at least one conduit in flow communication with the wick and reservoir. The liquid lubricant moves from the reservoir in controlled amounts, through the conduit or conduits to the wick by gravity flow and is moved by capillary action through the wick to the surface of the moving metal sheet without the application of an external mechanical force, such as a piston, to generate a pressure gradient through the wick to move the liquid lubricant therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Coral Chemical Company
    Inventors: Daniel L. Tracy, W. J. Alexander Hugill, Robert E. DeBlois
  • Apparatus and method for application of lubricants to the surface lof metallic sheet material
    Publication number: 20030044544
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method for applying a liquid lubricant to at least one surface of a moving metal sheet. The apparatus includes a wick and a liquid lubricant reservoir and at least one conduit in flow communication with the wick and reservoir. The liquid lubricant moves from the reservoir in controlled amounts, through the conduit or conduits to the wick by gravity flow and is moved by capillary action through the wick to the surface of the moving metal sheet without the application of an external mechanical force, such as a piston, to generate a pressure gradient through the wick to move the liquid lubricant therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: Coral Chemical Company
    Inventors: Daniel L. Tracy, W.J. Alexander Hugill, Robert E. DeBlois
  • Apparatus and method for application of lubricants to the surface of metallic sheet material
    Patent number: 6372043
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method for applying a liquid lubricant to at least one surface of a moving metal sheet. The apparatus includes a wick and a liquid lubricant reservoir and at least one conduit in flow communication with the wick and reservoir. The liquid lubricant moves from the reservoir in controlled amounts, through the conduit or conduits to the wick by gravity flow and is moved by capillary action through the wick to the surface of the moving metal sheet without the application of an external mechanical force, such as a piston, to generate a pressure gradient through the wick to move the liquid lubricant therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Coral Chemical Co.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Tracy, W. J. Alexander Hugill, Robert E. DeBlois
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION OF LUBRICANTS TO THE SURFACE OF METALLIC SHEET MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20010039918
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method for applying a liquid lubricant to at least one surface of a moving metal sheet. The apparatus includes a wick and a liquid lubricant reservoir and at least one conduit in flow communication with the wick and reservoir. The liquid lubricant moves from the reservoir in controlled amounts, through the conduit or conduits to the wick by gravity flow and is moved by capillary action through the wick to the surface of the moving metal sheet without the application of an external mechanical force, such as a piston, to generate a pressure gradient through the wick to move the liquid lubricant therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: DANIEL L. TRACY, W.J. AEXANDER HUGILL, ROBERT E. DEBLOIS