Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Loofbourow

Thomas R. Loofbourow 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).

  • Catcher tank assembly of waterjet cutting system
    Patent number: 11045969
    Abstract: A catcher tank assembly is provided for a waterjet cutting machine. The catcher tank assembly includes a catcher tank having a plurality of tank sections detachably coupleable together in a side-by-side manner to collectively define a catcher tank having a desired configuration. The catcher tank assembly further includes a workpiece support system detachably coupleable to an interior cavity of the catcher tank. The workpiece support system may include a plurality of workpiece support modules arrangeable in an array to support a workpiece platform of the waterjet cutting machine. The workpiece platform may be formed, for example, by a series of slats supported transversely to parallel rows of the workpiece support modules. Methods and systems which relate to or include the aforementioned catcher tank assembly are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Flow International Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Knaupp, Andreas Meyer, Steven J. Craigen, Robert J. Mann, Mohamed A. Hashish, Eckhardt R. Ullrich, Thomas R. Loofbourow
  • CATCHER TANK ASSEMBLY OF WATERJET CUTTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130025425
    Abstract: A catcher tank assembly is provided for a waterjet cutting machine. The catcher tank assembly includes a catcher tank having a plurality of tank sections detachably coupleable together in a side-by-side manner to collectively define a catcher tank having a desired configuration. The catcher tank assembly further includes a workpiece support system detachably coupleable to an interior cavity of the catcher tank. The workpiece support system may include a plurality of workpiece support modules arrangeable in an array to support a workpiece platform of the waterjet cutting machine. The workpiece platform may be formed, for example, by a series of slats supported transversely to parallel rows of the workpiece support modules. Methods and systems which relate to or include the aforementioned catcher tank assembly are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Knaupp, Andreas Meyer, Steven J. Craigen, Robert J. Mann, Mohamed A. Hashish, Eckhardt R. Ullrich, Thomas R. Loofbourow