Patents by Inventor Donald J. Albrinck

Donald J. Albrinck 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).

  • Wear-resistant decorative laminates and methods of producing same
    Patent number: 5558906
    Abstract: Process for the production of decorative laminates having improved scratch, mar, scrape and abrasion resistance comprising the initial step of preparing a mixture of a melamine-formaldehyde resin and an abrasion resistant material, wherein the mixture includes abrasion resistant alumina particles having a particle size of about 25 microns and abrasion resistant alumina particles having a particle size of about 3 microns at a ratio of about 2 to 1; about 0.25 percent silane; about 0.075 percent xanthan gum; and about 0.3 percent to about 1.2 percent polyvinyl alcohol or about 0.1 percent polyethylene glycol distearate having a molecular weight of about 6000, wherein all percentages are measured by weight of the total wet weight of the resin solution of the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Formica Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Albrinck, John J. Mascavage
  • Method of producing damage resistant decorative laminate
    Patent number: 5456949
    Abstract: Damage resistant high pressure decorative laminate having excellent scratch, mar, scrape and abrasion resistance, as well as excellent appearance and cleanability and methods of producing same.The method of producing the decorative laminate includes applying a mixture of a liquid thermosetting resin and an abrasion resistant composition, followed by a second coat of the resin without the abrasion resistant composition, or with one having smaller abrasion resistant particles than in the first coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Formica Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Albrinck, Ronald J. Keeling
  • Wear resistant decorative laminates comprising mineral particles and methods for producing same
    Patent number: 5362557
    Abstract: Wear-resistant high pressure decorative laminates having excellent scratch, mar, scrape and abrasion resistance and methods of producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Formica Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Donald J. Albrinck, John J. Mascavage
  • Damage resistant decorative laminate having excellent appearance and cleanability and methods of producing same
    Patent number: 5288540
    Abstract: Damage resistant high pressure decorative laminate having excellent scratch, mar, scrape and abrasion resistance, as well as excellent appearance and cleanability and methods of producing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Formica Technology Delaware
    Inventors: Donald J. Albrinck, Ronald J. Keeling