Patents by Inventor Felipe M. Joos

Felipe M. Joos 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).

  • Slide bead coating method
    Patent number: 6511711
    Abstract: A method of bead coating a liquid composition onto the surface of a moving web is taught which provides uniform coatings over a wider range of operating parameters including new coating windows. In addition, the bead coating method typically demonstrates a reduction in coating sensitivity to vacuum pressure noise below the coating bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert R. Quiel, Alain E. Gros, Douglas S. Finnicum, Felipe M. Joos
  • Slide bead coating method
    Publication number: 20020081390
    Abstract: A method of bead coating a liquid composition onto the surface of a moving web is taught which provides uniform coatings over a wider range of operating parameters including new coating windows. In addition, the bead coating method typically demonstrates a reduction in coating sensitivity to vacuum pressure noise below the coating bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Robert R. Quiel, Alain E. Gros, Douglas S. Finnicum, Felipe M. Joos
  • Apparatus for measuring viscosity or thickness, surface tension and surface dilational elasticity
    Patent number: 5590560
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to measure different properties of a liquid film or coating traveling or resting on a horizontal support, including dynamic viscosity, dynamic surface tension and surface dilational elasticity, the apparatus comprising: a series of wires placed above a moving wet film or coating to which high voltage is applied inducing an electrostatic field that lifts the free surface of said film preferentially near the wires; a means for detecting the free surface displacement of the free surface in the section where the voltage is applied to the coating, possibly the means being a CCD camera coupled to a digital acquisition system; and means for processing the signal to determine the properties of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Felipe M. Joos, Alfred K. Anders