Patents by Inventor Keith McCrodden

Keith McCrodden 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).

  • Method and apparatus for transfer lamination
    Patent number: 9938111
    Abstract: An embodiment of the inventive method of transfer lamination involves metallizing a first side of a film and then bonding the metallized first side to a substrate. Then a coating is applied to a second side of the film after it has been bonded to the substrate. The bonded film and substrate are then placed in an oven. The film is then stripped from the substrate leaving metal from the film deposited on the substrate. The application of the coating is performed as an inline part of the transfer lamination process thereby providing an ease of manufacture presently unknown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: HAZEN PAPER COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Hazen, Keith McCrodden
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFER LAMINATION
    Publication number: 20130048202
    Abstract: An embodiment of the inventive method of transfer lamination involves metallizing a first side of a film and then bonding the metallized first side to a substrate. Then a coating is applied to a second side of the film after it has been bonded to the substrate. The bonded film and substrate are then placed in an oven. The film is then stripped from the substrate leaving metal from the film deposited on the substrate. The application of the coating is performed as an inline part of the transfer lamination process thereby providing an ease of manufacture presently unknown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Hazen Paper Company
    Inventors: Robert Hazen, Keith McCrodden