Patents by Inventor Gerald Garavuso

Gerald Garavuso 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).

  • Energy efficient, electric rotary furnace for glass molding (repressing) precision optical blanks
    Patent number: 5858048
    Abstract: A furnace for molding glass blanks includes a housing having a series of electrical heating stations and a rotary door adapted to receive glass blanks for processing. The furnace also includes a rotary turntable for receiving the glass blanks and a steering coil positioned to direct the glass blanks in a spiral pattern as they are heated at the electrical stations, a paddling platform for manual shaping, and a pressing station for pressing the glass blanks into a predetermined configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Inventors: Gerald Garavuso, Anthony J. Marino, Dar Lyn Porchan
  • Magnetic clutch with adjustable slip torque
    Patent number: 5158279
    Abstract: A magnetic clutch provides an adjustable slip torque. A housing, having an outer surface of a predetermined frictional coefficient, is disposed around a portion of a shaft, and is rotatable relative to the shaft An outer magnetic member is disposed on the inner surface of the housing, and an inner magnetic member is attached to the shaft and disposed within the housing. The slip torque is adjusted by varying the amount of surface area exposure between the inner magnetic member and the outer magnetic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Laffey, Russell J. Sokac, Michael J. Martin, Lloyd W. Durfey, Gerald Garavuso