Patents by Inventor Kevin P. Burge

Kevin P. Burge 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).

  • Patent number: 10960429
    Abstract: A hot melt delivery system includes a frame and a suspension device attached to the frame. The suspension device is configured to hang a hot melt storage container. The hot melt delivery system includes a vibratory feeder spaced below and from the suspension device. The vibratory feeder includes an inlet that is configured to receive hot melt material from the hot melt storage container. The vibratory feeder includes an outlet that is configured to deliver hot melt material to a melter. The vibratory feeder includes a vibration device that is configured to vibrate at least a portion of the vibratory feeder. A flow of hot melt material between the inlet and the outlet of the vibratory feeder is controllable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Company
    Inventors: Michael W. Harris, Kevin P. Burge
  • Publication number: 20200009604
    Abstract: A hot melt delivery system includes a frame and a suspension device attached to the frame. The suspension device is configured to hang a hot melt storage container. The hot melt delivery system includes a vibratory feeder spaced below and from the suspension device. The vibratory feeder includes an inlet that is configured to receive hot melt material from the hot melt storage container. The vibratory feeder includes an outlet that is configured to deliver hot melt material to a melter. The vibratory feeder includes a vibration device that is configured to vibrate at least a portion of the vibratory feeder. A flow of hot melt material between the inlet and the outlet of the vibratory feeder is controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Michael W. Harris, Kevin P. Burge
  • Publication number: 20150259578
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hot melt adhesive composition that includes a polymer component that includes a propylene polymer that includes greater than 50 mole % propylene and exhibiting a melt index greater than 150 grams per ten minutes at 190° C., and an ethylene copolymer exhibiting a melt index of at least 200 grams per ten minutes at 190° C. and an acid number of no greater than 2 mg KOH/g, and derived from ethylene and a co-monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl acetate, alkyl acrylate, alkyl methacrylate, and combinations thereof, from 0% by weight to no greater than 8% by weight amorphous polyalphaolefin, and from 0% by weight to no greater than 25% by weight oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Jones, Kim Larson, Ameara S. Mansour, Kevin P. Burge, Beth M. Eichler-Johnson
  • Patent number: 8454792
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions relating to a hot melt adhesive that includes a copolymer of butene-1, a wax, and a tackifying resin. The present invention further relates to adhesives initially exhibiting adhesion properties and subsequently non-adhesion qualities. Methods of using these adhesives are also part of the claimed invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Company
    Inventors: Michelle C. Kueppers, Steven W. Albrecht, Steven R. Vaughan, Kevin P. Burge