Patents by Inventor James R. Flood

James R. Flood 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).

  • Surgical tube painting machine
    Patent number: 5209181
    Abstract: A machine for precisely painting large numbers of small various sized tubular pieces. The painting machine includes a chain driven track assembly which moves the tube pieces held on paint fixtures into a paint chamber for painting and into an oven to dry the paint to the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Spectra, Inc.
    Inventor: James R. Flood
  • Skin packaging technique providing paint masking
    Patent number: 4489116
    Abstract: Articles (16, 18) are shrink mounted onto a stiff carrier or backing (10) and simultaneously selectively masked for paint spraying of the interiors of the articles (16, 18). The articles (16, 18) are secured to the backing (10) by a thin gauge plastic film (20) drawn under heat to shrink its dimensions while a vacuumizing head (50, 51) forms portions of the film to effect masking of selected edges (26, 28, 29) of the articles (16, 18). The interiors of the articles may be spray painted through openings (30, 31) in the backing (10), with the masked edges (17, 19, 26, 28, 29) of the articles (16, 18) protected from the paint (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1984
    Inventor: James R. Flood
  • Form printer
    Patent number: D260642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1981
    Assignee: Miles Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Collister, James R. Flood