Patents by Inventor Brian Makin

Brian Makin 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).

  • Assessing powder coatings
    Patent number: 4704297
    Abstract: A technique for assessing electrostatically deposited coatings of powder to be later fused into a surface finish. Powder deposited by the coating process onto a test piece or an unimportant part of an actual article is disturbed by, for example, a series of puffs of compressed air. The removal of the powder by the disturbance is monitored. In one arrangement infra-red light is shone through the coating and the change in transmissivity with each puff of air is measured to give an indication of the quality of the powder deposit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1987
    Assignee: National Research Development Corporation
    Inventors: Ian D. Binns, Brian Makin