Patents by Inventor John Bruce Smith

John Bruce Smith 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).

  • Mobile furnace and method of facilitating removal of material from workpieces
    Patent number: 7047892
    Abstract: A method for removing foreign material such as paints and coatings from workpieces using a mobile furnace. The workpieces are flash heated so that only the surface is heated to remove the coatings without heating the core of the workpieces. Deformation of the workpiece and degradation of the thermal treatment of the workpiece material is thereby avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventor: John Bruce Smith
  • Mobile furnace and method of facilitating removal of material from workpieces
    Patent number: 6932003
    Abstract: A method for removing foreign material such as paints and coatings from workpieces using a mobile furnace. The workpieces are flash heated so that only the surface is heated to remove the coatings without heating the core of the workpieces. Deformation of the workpiece and degradation of the thermal treatment of the workpiece material is thereby avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Inventor: John Bruce Smith
  • Mobile furnace and method of facilitating removal of material from workpieces
    Publication number: 20040107884
    Abstract: A method for removing foreign material such as paints and coatings from workpieces using a mobile furnace. The workpieces are flash heated so that only the surface is heated to remove the coatings without heating the core of the workpieces. Deformation of the workpiece and degradation of the thermal treatment of the workpiece material is thereby avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventor: John Bruce Smith
  • Mobile furnace and method of facilitating removal of material from workpieces
    Publication number: 20030051649
    Abstract: The mobile furnace for removing foreign material, such as coatings, from workpieces. The mobile furnace includes burners for heating a combustion chamber of the furnace, and a burner control for operating the burners. The furnace is mounted on a wheeled vehicle or the like for transport to a worksite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventor: John Bruce Smith
  • Mobile furnace and method of facilitating removal of material from workpieces
    Patent number: 6474249
    Abstract: The mobile furnace for removing foreign material, such as coatings, from workpieces. The mobile furnace includes burners for heating a combustion chamber of the furnace, and a burner control for operating the burners. The furnace is mounted on a wheeled vehicle or the like for transport to a worksite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Inventor: John Bruce Smith