Patents by Inventor Herbert C. Shank, Jr.

Herbert C. Shank, 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).

  • Thermoplastic ink decorated, polymer coated glass articles
    Patent number: 4265947
    Abstract: A glass article is decorated with a thermoplastic ink which contains no frit. A finely divided heat fusible polymeric coating material is applied to the article over the ink. The article is heated to a temperature at which the particles of coating material fuse to form a smooth continuous film over the ink while the latter is in melted, semi-liquid condition. The melted ink diffuses into (but not through) the polymer film over it, thereby forming a melt-melt bond. The polymeric film imparts a serviceability to the ink which it would not otherwise display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1981
    Assignee: Anchor Hocking Corporation
    Inventor: Herbert C. Shank, Jr.
  • Method of making color decorated, plastic coated glass articles
    Patent number: 4075363
    Abstract: A glass decorating color is applied to a glass article but is not bonded permanently to the glass. A finely divided heat settable plastic material is applied to the article over the impermanently bonded color and onto glass surface areas beyond the area covered by the color. Heat setting of the plastic material, even though insufficient to permanetly bond the color itself to the glass, forms a smooth plastic film over the decoration and fixes the color with respect to the glass surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1978
    Assignee: Anchor Hocking Corporation
    Inventor: Herbert C. Shank, Jr.
  • Method of making a thermoplastic ink decorated, polymer coated glass article
    Patent number: 3937854
    Abstract: A glass article is decorated with a thermoplastic ink which contains no frit. A finely divided heat fusible polymeric coating material is applied to the article over the ink. The article is heated to a temperature at which the particles of coating material fuse to form a smooth continuous film over the ink while the latter is in melted, semi-liquid condition. The melted ink diffuses into (but not through) the polymer film over it, thereby forming a melt-melt bond. The polymeric film imparts a serviceability to the ink which it would not otherwise display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1976
    Assignee: Anchor Hocking Corporation
    Inventor: Herbert C. Shank, Jr.
  • Method of making a color decorated, plastic coated glass article
    Patent number: 3937853
    Abstract: A glass decorating color is applied to a glass article but is not bonded permanently to the glass. A finely divided heat settable plastic material is applied to the article over the impermanently bonded color and onto glass surface areas beyond the area covered by the color. Heat setting of the plastic material, even though insufficient to permanently bond the color itself to the glass, forms a smooth plastic film over the decoration and fixes the color with respect to the glass surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1973
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1976
    Assignee: Anchor Hocking Corporation
    Inventor: Herbert C. Shank, Jr.