Patents by Inventor Gerard Buss

Gerard Buss 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).

  • Cooking release sheet materials and release surfaces
    Patent number: 8673449
    Abstract: A cooking release material includes a layer comprising fluoropolymer. The cooking release material has a major surface having nucleation structures in a density of at least 10 per square inch. The cooking release material can include a reinforcement material, the layer coated over the reinforcement material. The cooking release material can include a second layer forming the major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Graham A. Woerner, Timothy P. Pollock, Ephraim Lin, John Russo, Anne Hardy, Gerard Buss
  • COOKING RELEASE SHEET MATERIALS AND RELEASE SURFACES
    Publication number: 20110146501
    Abstract: A cooking release material includes a layer comprising fluoropolymer. The cooking release material has a major surface having nucleation structures in a density of at least 10 per square inch. The cooking release material can include a reinforcement material, the layer coated over the reinforcement material. The cooking release material can include a second layer forming the major surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Graham A. Woerner, Timothy P. Pollock, Ephraim Lin, John Russo, Anne Hardy, Gerard Buss
  • Belts with integral flights for use in high-temperature food processing equipment and systems including such belts
    Publication number: 20070031602
    Abstract: A method is provided for forming a contact toaster having a flexible belt. The method includes forming a flexible belt by applying at least one of a silicone rubber, a urethane rubber, and a fluoropolymer to a fabric reinforcement material having a first face and a second face, and forming ribs on the first face of the fabric reinforcement material. The ribs are formed from at least one of a silicone rubber, urethane rubber, and fluoropolymer. The flexible belt is attached to the contact toaster such that the ribs on the first face are configured to impart lateral force to objects to be toasted that are carried by the flexible belt. The flexible belt is attached such that it passes through a heating zone of the contact toaster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Frank Keese, Kevin Bauler, Gerard Buss, John Effenberger