Patents by Inventor Horace H. Homer

Horace H. Homer 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).

  • Lamp with protective coating and method of applying same
    Patent number: 4198199
    Abstract: A photoflash lamp having a glass envelope with a clear protective exterior coating comprising a photopolymer. In applying the coating, the lamp is dipped in a liquid photopolymer and then cure-hardened by a short period of irradiation with a source of ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1980
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: Judith A. Dow, Thomas J. Sentementes, Horace H. Homer, John W. Shaffer
  • Apparatus for coating incandescent lamp bulbs
    Patent number: 3961600
    Abstract: The powder used in applying a light diffusing coating to the inner wall of an incandescent lamp bulb is deposited substantially free of clumps by, amongst other things, maintaining the powder in suspension in a closed container prior to deposition. The powder in said container is also maintained at a constant level. The powder is carried from the container to the lamp bulbs by a stream of air and is passed through a vortex nozzle which breaks up clumps or agglomerates of powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: Horace H. Homer, Richard S. Doron, Donald J. Grolemund