Patents by Inventor Carlton Mann

Carlton Mann 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).

  • Method and apparatus for cleaning electrostatic painting hooks
    Patent number: 6790484
    Abstract: A method for isolating non-conductive oxide constituents of paint from the product support hook surfaces of an electrostatic painting conveyor, coats the hooks with a conductive coat of primer paint having from 10% to 80% finely divided conductive materials in a combustible base, and after using the product support hooks for spray painting product units until a non-conductive paint coating builds-up, removes the build-up and the primer coat in a burn-off oven, so as to provide conductive hook surfaces for repeating the process cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Carlton Mann
  • Method and apparatus for cleaning electrostatic painting hooks
    Publication number: 20030113473
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for isolating non-conductive oxide constituents of paint from the product support hook surfaces of an electrostatic painting conveyor, coats the hooks with a conductive coat of primer paint having from 10% to 80% finely divided conductive materials in a combustible base, and after using the product support hooks for spray painting product units until a non-conductive paint coating builds-up, removes the build-up and the primer coat in a burn-off oven, so as to provide conductive hook surfaces for repeating the process cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventor: Carlton Mann