Patents by Inventor Charles R. Zander

Charles R. Zander 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).

  • Spray strip pickling of upright material
    Patent number: 4361444
    Abstract: A method and setup for pickling strip material which is oriented in a widthwise upright position. The method includes spraying rinse water onto the material, gauging the thickness of the material, then alternately spraying pickling acid onto the material and wiping that acid off of the material a plurality of times, then rinsing the material soon after the last acid spraying step to remove acid and drying the material. The setup and method can be used to pickle either material having an undetermined length, or strips of prescribed lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1982
    Assignee: Teledyne Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Buford A. McClanahan, Herb W. Udolf, Charles R. Zander, Robert W. Thresher