Patents by Inventor Dante M. Pietrantoni

Dante M. Pietrantoni 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).

  • Coating method using hollow chuck head
    Patent number: 6852364
    Abstract: A method for dip coating the exterior surface of a hollow substrate having an open first end and an open second end, the method including: (a) inserting a chuck assembly through the open first end into the substrate interior, wherein the chuck assembly includes a head section and a polymeric member and defines a space that communicates with the substrate interior but is otherwise enclosed, wherein the space is located in the head section; (b) holding the substrate with the chuck assembly wherein the polymeric member forms a hermetic seal with the substrate; (c) contacting the substrate with a coating solution, starting from the second end, while the chuck assembly holds the substrate and the hermetic seal is maintained between the polymeric member and the substrate, wherein there is a closed area into which vapor from the coating solution can flow and the closed area is defined by the space of the chuck assembly and the substrate interior; and (d) separating the substrate and the coating solution to leave a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Peter J. Schmitt, Dante M. Pietrantoni, Magda M. Alvarez-Estrada
  • Coating method using hollow chuck head
    Publication number: 20040202791
    Abstract: A method for dip coating the exterior surface of a hollow substrate having an open first end and an open second end, the method including:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation.
    Inventors: Peter J. Schmitt, Dante M. Pietrantoni, Magda M. Alvarez-Estrada