Patents by Inventor Timothy P. Pollock
Timothy P. Pollock 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).
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Publication number: 20220379588Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite article that may include a structural substrate, a multilayer fluoropolymer film that can include a high-melt fluoropolymer layer and a low-melt fluoropolymer adhesion layer that may contact the structural substrate and the fluoropolymer film. The high-melt fluoropolymer layer may have a melting temperature A1 and the low-melt fluoropolymer adhesive layer may have a melting temperature A2. The melting temperature A2 may be less than the melting temperature A1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: David A. RICH, Gerard T. BUSS, James M. McMARTIN, Timothy P. POLLOCK
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Publication number: 20210268766Abstract: A composite includes a first layer of a first fluoropolymer; a second layer of at least one ply of a reinforcing fabric overlying the first layer; and a third layer of a second fluoropolymer overlying the second layer opposite to the first layer, wherein the first layer, the third layer, or combination thereof have an outer surface that is defect free; wherein the composite has a continuous length of at least about 3 meters. Embodiments of such composites can find applications, for example, as processing aids for an electronic device, a food, a polymer, insulating an electrical device, or heat sealing a polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Joseph G. SARGENT, Gerald T. Buss, Michael P. Cushman, Timothy P. Pollock, Helen K. Bergstrom
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Patent number: 11034129Abstract: A composite includes a first layer of a first fluoropolymer; a second layer of at least one ply of a reinforcing fabric overlying the first layer; and a third layer of a second fluoropolymer overlying the second layer opposite to the first layer, wherein the first layer, the third layer, or combination thereof have an outer surface that is defect free; wherein the composite has a continuous length of at least about 3 meters. Embodiments of such composites can find applications, for example, as processing aids for an electronic device, a food, a polymer, insulating an electrical device, or heat sealing a polymer.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph G. Sargent, Gerard T. Buss, Michael P. Cushman, Timothy P. Pollock, Helen K. Bergstrom
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Patent number: 10625943Abstract: A composite belt may include a profile, and a belt. The profile may have a strip, and nodules. The profile may be attached to the belt such that each nodule extends out from the belt. The composite belt may be included in a cooking apparatus that may also include a housing, a heat source, and a drive roller.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventor: Timothy P. Pollock
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Publication number: 20200002096Abstract: A composite belt may include a profile, and a belt. The profile may have a strip, and nodules. The profile may be attached to the belt such that each nodule extends out from the belt. The composite belt may be included in a cooking apparatus that may also include a housing, a heat source, and a drive roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventor: Timothy P. POLLOCK
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Patent number: 10450141Abstract: A composite belt may include a profile, and a belt. The profile may have a strip, and nodules. The profile may be attached to the belt such that each nodule extends out from the belt. The composite belt may be included in a cooking apparatus that may also include a housing, a heat source, and a drive roller.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventor: Timothy P. Pollock
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Publication number: 20180148264Abstract: A composite belt may include a profile, and a belt. The profile may have a strip, and nodules. The profile may be attached to the belt such that each nodule extends out from the belt. The composite belt may be included in a cooking apparatus that may also include a housing, a heat source, and a drive roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventor: Timothy P. POLLOCK
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Patent number: 9872585Abstract: A grilling belt includes a flexible support having first and second major surfaces, an extruded fluoropolymer layer overlying the first major surface, and a cast or skived fluoropolymer layer overlying the extruded fluoropolymer layer. Another grilling belt can include a support having first and second major surfaces, and a first fluoropolymer film overlying the first major surface. The support can include a first fabric having a first bias angle, and a second fabric laminated to the first fabric and having a second bias angle different from the first bias angle by between 20° and 160°.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hua Fan, Anne B. Hardy, Timothy P. Pollock, Ephraim P. Lin
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Publication number: 20170232716Abstract: A composite includes a first layer of a first fluoropolymer; a second layer of at least one ply of a reinforcing fabric overlying the first layer; and a third layer of a second fluoropolymer overlying the second layer opposite to the first layer, wherein the first layer, the third layer, or combination thereof have an outer surface that is defect free; wherein the composite has a continuous length of at least about 3 meters. Embodiments of such composites can find applications, for example, as processing aids for an electronic device, a food, a polymer, insulating an electrical device, or heat sealing a polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Gerard T. BUSS, Michael P. CUSHMAN, Timothy P. POLLOCK, Joseph G. SARGENT, Helen K. Bergstrom
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Patent number: 9314132Abstract: A cooking release material includes a layer comprising fluoropolymer. The cooking release material has a major surface having nucleation structures in a density of at least 10 per square inch. The cooking release material can include a reinforcement material, the layer coated over the reinforcement material. The cooking release material can include a second layer forming the major surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PER.PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Graham A. Woerner, Timothy P. Pollock, Ephraim P. Lin, John M. Russo, Anne B. Hardy, Gerard T. Buss
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Publication number: 20150079260Abstract: A grilling belt includes a flexible support having first and second major surfaces, an extruded fluoropolymer layer overlying the first major surface, and a cast or skived fluoropolymer layer overlying the extruded fluoropolymer layer. Another grilling belt can include a support having first and second major surfaces, and a first fluoropolymer film overlying the first major surface. The support can include a first fabric having a first bias angle, and a second fabric laminated to the first fabric and having a second bias angle different from the first bias angle by between 20° and 160°.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Hua Fan, Anne B. Hardy, Timothy P. Pollock, Ephraim P. Lin
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Patent number: 8925447Abstract: A grilling belt includes a flexible support having first and second major surfaces, an extruded fluoropolymer layer overlying the first major surface, and a cast or skived fluoropolymer layer overlying the extruded fluoropolymer layer. Another grilling belt can include a support having first and second major surfaces, and a first fluoropolymer film overlying the first major surface. The support can include a first fabric having a first bias angle, and a second fabric laminated to the first fabric and having a second bias angle different from the first bias angle by between 20° and 160°.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics CorporationInventors: Hua Fan, Anne B. Hardy, Timothy P. Pollock, Ephraim P. Lin
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Publication number: 20140147568Abstract: A cooking release material includes a layer comprising fluoropolymer. The cooking release material has a major surface having nucleation structures in a density of at least 10 per square inch. The cooking release material can include a reinforcement material, the layer coated over the reinforcement material. The cooking release material can include a second layer forming the major surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Graham A. Woerner, Timothy P. Pollock, Ephraim P. Lin, John M. Russo, Anne B. Hardy, Gerard T. Buss
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Patent number: 8673449Abstract: A cooking release material includes a layer comprising fluoropolymer. The cooking release material has a major surface having nucleation structures in a density of at least 10 per square inch. The cooking release material can include a reinforcement material, the layer coated over the reinforcement material. The cooking release material can include a second layer forming the major surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics CorporationInventors: Graham A. Woerner, Timothy P. Pollock, Ephraim Lin, John Russo, Anne Hardy, Gerard Buss
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Publication number: 20110303101Abstract: A grilling belt includes a flexible support having first and second major surfaces, an extruded fluoropolymer layer overlying the first major surface, and a cast or skived fluoropolymer layer overlying the extruded fluoropolymer layer. Another grilling belt can include a support having first and second major surfaces, and a first fluoropolymer film overlying the first major surface. The support can include a first fabric having a first bias angle, and a second fabric laminated to the first fabric and having a second bias angle different from the first bias angle by between 20° and 160°.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hua Fan, Anne B. Hardy, Timothy P. Pollock, Ephraim P. Lin
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Publication number: 20110146501Abstract: A cooking release material includes a layer comprising fluoropolymer. The cooking release material has a major surface having nucleation structures in a density of at least 10 per square inch. The cooking release material can include a reinforcement material, the layer coated over the reinforcement material. The cooking release material can include a second layer forming the major surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Graham A. Woerner, Timothy P. Pollock, Ephraim Lin, John Russo, Anne Hardy, Gerard Buss
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Patent number: 6417280Abstract: A blended solid composition is provided containing a fibrillatable microparticulate PTFE polymer in an unfibrillated state and at least one elastomeric and/or fluoroplastic component. The composition is useful in making microfiber-reinforced solid compositions and articles produced therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2001Date of Patent: July 9, 2002Assignee: Chemfab CorporationInventors: John A. Effenberger, Christopher M. Comeaux, Lawrence D. David, Timothy P. Pollock, Katherine M. Sahlin, Laura A. Socha, Richard L. Stone, John W. Verbicky
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Publication number: 20010034414Abstract: A blended solid composition is provided containing a fibrillatable microparticulate PTFE polymer in an unfibrillated state and at least one elastomeric and/or fluoroplastic component. The composition is useful in making microfiber-reinforced solid compositions and articles produced therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2001Publication date: October 25, 2001Inventors: John A. Effenberger, Christopher M. Comeaux, Lawrence D. David, Timothy P. Pollock, Katherine M. Sahlin, Laura A. Socha, Richard L. Stone, John W. Verbicky
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Patent number: 6239223Abstract: A blended solid composition is provided containing a fibrillatable microparticulate PTFE polymer in an unfibrillated state and at least one elastomeric and/or fluoroplastic component. The composition is useful in making microfiber-reinforced solid compositions and articles produced therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1998Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Chemfab CorporationInventors: John A. Effenberger, Christopher M. Comeaux, Lawrence D. David, Timothy P. Pollock, Katherine M. Sahlin, Laura A. Socha, Richard L. Stone, John W. Verbicky