Patents by Inventor Dean W. Gintert

Dean W. Gintert 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).

  • Nozzle arrangement for glass sheet tempering apparatus
    Patent number: 4323385
    Abstract: This invention covers an arrangement of nozzles extending from one or a pair of opposing plenum chambers of glass sheet tempering apparatus the minimizes the tendency of a large glass sheet interposed between the plenum chambers to throttle the escape of tempering medium that is applied to the central portion of the glass sheet undergoing tempering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean W. Gintert, Raymond A. Waksmunski
  • Removing fragments of fractured glass sheets during tempering
    Patent number: 4233048
    Abstract: Removing fragments when a glass sheet breaks during tempering by pivoting a lower nozzle housing of glass sheet tempering apparatus that cools a horizontally oriented glass sheet to an orientation such that glass fragments that are not removed by sliding when the lower nozzle housing pivots to an oblique position can drop by gravity to a fragment collection box without requiring sliding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1980
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Dean W. Gintert