Patents by Inventor Carroll Buckner

Carroll Buckner 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).

  • Handle configuration for brush production by fusion
    Patent number: 6752949
    Abstract: A handle for use in production of brushes by fusion. The handle is injection molded with a set of pre-formed holes. Each hole contains, on its bottom surface, a protrusion of excess material. Bristles for the brush are heated to form a small fuse at their ends. When the fused ends are inserted into the holes, material from the protrusion flows around the fuses, retaining them in the holes upon cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Team Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Collins, Carroll Buckner, Kenan Bible, Lloyd Etter
  • Apparatus and method for producing brushware by injection molding
    Publication number: 20040032159
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for producing brushes. The bristle bundles are loaded into a magazine which includes part of a cavity for an injection mold. The magazine is mated with the remainder of the injection mold and the brush handle injection molded around the bristles. The bristles may be profiled, trimmed, end-rounded, fused, or otherwise processed before the handle is injection molded. In addition, the handle of the brush may be formed in two injection molding steps of two different materials. An apparatus is taught which enables the brush to be produced, optionally ornamented, and packaged on a single machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Carroll Buckner, James Collins, Kenan Bible, Lloyd Etter, David E. Harris
  • Apparatus and method for producing brushware by injection molding
    Patent number: 6523907
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for producing brushes. The bristle bundles are loaded into a magazine which includes part of a cavity for an injection mold. The magazine is mated with the remainder of the injection mold and the brush handle injection molded around the bristles. The bristles may be profiled, trimmed, end-rounded, fused, or otherwise processed before the handle is injection molded. In addition, the handle of the brush may be formed in two injection molding steps of two different materials. An apparatus is taught which enables the brush to be produced, optionally ornamented, and packaged on a single machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Moll Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Carroll Buckner, James Collins, Kenan Bible, Lloyd Etter, David E. Harris
  • Handle configuration for brush production by fusion
    Publication number: 20020069473
    Abstract: A handle for use in production of brushes by fusion. The handle is injection molded with a set of pre-formed holes. Each hole contains, on its bottom surface, a protrusion of excess material. Bristles for the brush are heated to form a small fuse at their ends. When the fused ends are inserted into the holes, material from the protrusion flows around the fuses, retaining them in the holes upon cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: James Collins, Carroll Buckner, Kenan Bible, Lloyd Etter
  • Handle Configuration for brush production by fusion
    Patent number: 6260928
    Abstract: A handle for use in production of brushes by fusion. The handle is injection molded with a set of pre-formed holes. Each hole contains, on its bottom surface, a protrusion of excess material. Bristles for the brush are heated to form a small fuse at their ends. When the fused ends are inserted into the holes, material from the protrusion flows around the fuses, retaining them in the holes upon cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Moll Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James Collins, Carroll Buckner, Kenan Bible, Lloyd Etter
  • Set of bristles for a brush
    Patent number: D444629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Moll Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd Etter, John Williams, Robert T. Parkey, John Keith Ely, Carroll Buckner, David E. Harris, Craig Hidalgo