Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Kerr

Thomas P. Kerr 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).

  • Spacer and spacer frame for an insulating glazing unit and method of making same
    Patent number: 6470561
    Abstract: A substrate having a bead of a moisture and/or gas pervious adhesive having a desiccant therein is shaped to provide U-shaped spacer stock. The spacer stock is bent to provide a spacer frame having continuous corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Misera, Thomas P. Kerr, William R. Siskos
  • Spacer and spacer frame for an insulating glazing unit and method of making same
    Patent number: 5501013
    Abstract: A substrate having a bead of a moisture and/or gas pervious adhesive having a desiccant therein is shaped to provide U-shaped spacer stock. The spacer stock is bent to provide a spacer frame having continuous corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Misera, Thomas P. Kerr, William R. Siskos
  • Spacer and spacer frame for an insulating glazing unit and method of making same
    Patent number: 5255481
    Abstract: A substrate having a bead of a moisture and/or gas pervious adhesive having a desiccant therein is shaped to provide U-shaped spacer stock. The spacer stock is bent to provide a spacer frame having continuous corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1993
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen C. Misera, Thomas P. Kerr, William R. Siskos
  • Vacuum insulating unit
    Patent number: 5124185
    Abstract: A vacuum insulating unit has a pair of glass sheets spaced from one another by a plurality of plastic supports. The supports have one end secured to one of the sheets and a low friction material on the other end. A flexible metal edge retainer is secured to sheets to provide a sealed compartment between the sheets. Air in the compartment is removed to put the compartment under negative pressure. A getter is provided in the compartment to adsorb any gas therein during sealing or using the unit. One of the sheets may have an environmental coating.Methods are disclosed for fabricating the unit and the supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kerr, Shaow B. Lin, Peter P. Harmon, William R. Siskos, James L. Oravitz, Jr., Paul E. Shaffer
  • Sheet transporter
    Patent number: 4302042
    Abstract: A sheet transporter has a rectangularly shaped frame having a sheet receiving surface, a pair of sheet retainers mounted adjacent the top corner of the frame to maintain the sheets toward the sheet receiving surface, laterally moveable sheet support member adjacent bottom corners of the frame and a lifting bail having an adjustable elongated member mounted to the frame with the longitudinal axis of the elongated member and sheet receiving surface of the frame subtending an oblique angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Kerr, John K. Kreitler