Patents by Inventor Andrea E. Marek

Andrea E. Marek 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 forming a thermoplastic body
    Patent number: 5501594
    Abstract: An improved hot tip (40) for forming a thermoplastic body having a mold cavity (42) and a gate portion (44) has an elongated body member (46) and a channel (48) passing axially through the body member (46). The channel (48) has an inlet end (51) and outlet end (52) for passing a molten material, such as an amorphous resin, therethrough. The body member (46) has a necked-down portion (54) surrounding the outlet end (52) of the channel (48). The necked down portion (54) is configured to permit the outlet end (52) of the channel (48) to proximately contact the gate portion (44) of the mold cavity (42) resulting in a formed body having vestigeless gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Gary R. Glozer, Edgar G. Earnhart, Brett J. Le Beau, Sr., Andrea E. Marek, Rudy Trick, James E. Vianco