Patents by Inventor George J. Bean, Jr.

George J. Bean, Jr. 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).

  • Method of making predecorated gypsum board face paper
    Patent number: 5055323
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing a predecorated gypsum wallboard face paper wherein a protective base coat is applied on the face paper by a rotogravure printing of the protective coat with minute openings very closely spaced throughout the coating, as by printing the coat in the form of reasonably uniformly sized tiny dots with about 1000 to about 100,000 dots per square inch, and a decorative coat is applied over the base coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: National Gypsum Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Kole, Arthur E. Kennedy, George J. Bean, Jr.
  • Predecorated gypsum board
    Patent number: 4725477
    Abstract: A predecorated gypsum wallboard and the method of manufacture wherein a protective base coat is applied on the face paper by a rotogravure printing of the protective coat with minute openings very closely spaced throughout the coating, as by printing the coat in the form of reasonably uniformly sized tiny dots with about 1000 to about 100,000 dots per square inch, a decorative coat is applied over the base coat, gypsum wallboard is formed with the coated surface of the paper on the outside face, and the newly formed wallboard, when hardened, is dried by heating and removing water from the gypsum core through the still porous coated paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: National Gypsum Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Kole, Arthur E. Kennedy, George J. Bean, Jr.
  • Method of making predecorated gypsum board
    Patent number: 4579610
    Abstract: A predecorated gypsum wallboard and the method of manufacture wherein a protective base coat is applied on the face paper by a rotogravure printing of the protective coat with minute openings very closely spaced throughout the coating, as by printing the coat in the form of reasonably uniformly sized tiny dots with about 1000 to about 100,000 dots per square inch, a decorative coat is applied over the base coat, gypsum wallboard is formed with the coated surface of the paper on the outside face, and the newly formed wallboard, when hardened, is dried by heating and removing water from the gypsum core through the still porous coated paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: National Gypsum Company
    Inventors: Donald R. Kole, Arthur E. Kennedy, George J. Bean, Jr.