Patents by Inventor Gary M. Fariss

Gary M. Fariss 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).

  • Nonwoven surface finishing articles reinforced with a polymer backing layer and method of making same
    Patent number: 5858140
    Abstract: Abrasive and polishing belts and discs suitable for offhand and automated article finishing comprising a lofty, nonwoven abrasive web optionally needled to a woven fabric and a polymeric layer coated on the woven fabric opposite the nonwoven layer or if no woven fabric, coated on the nonwoven layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Berger, Gary M. Fariss
  • Nonwoven surface finishing articles reinforcing with a polymer backing
    Patent number: 5482756
    Abstract: Abrasive and polishing belts and discs suitable for offhand and automated article finishing comprising a lofty, nonwoven abrasive web optionally needled to a woven fabric and a polymeric layer coated on the woven fabric opposite the nonwoven layer or if no woven fabric, coated on the nonwoven layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Berger, Gary M. Fariss
  • Abrasive wheels
    Patent number: 4609380
    Abstract: An abrasive wheel comprised of abrasive granules dispersed throughout and adhered in a matrix with a binder system which comprises a blend of a tough adherent binder and a smear-reducing quantity of a smear-reducing compatible polymer. An abrasive wheel having abrasive granules adhered by the binder without the compatible polymer has a tendency to smear onto the surface of a workpiece when rotated thereagainst under heat-generating conditions such as high wheel to workpiece pressure and surface speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Scott L. Barnett, Gary M. Fariss