Patents by Inventor Mark E. Hennis
Mark E. Hennis 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).
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Patent number: 9068586Abstract: Disclosed is a fastening system and method for securing a sheathing board to an associated framing member. The system includes a feedband for retaining a series of fasteners and a powered drill for sequentially driving the fasteners. The feedband is made from a membrane of a polymeric compound. As the fastener is driven into the sheathing board, a portion of the membrane tears away from the surrounding feedband and becomes seated beneath the fastener. This acts to seal the penetration point and prevent water intrusion and otherwise prevents deterioration of the sheathing board.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Hauber, Michael P. Fahey, Mark E. Hennis
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Publication number: 20140373336Abstract: Disclosed is a fastening system that is adapted for securing a sheathing board to an associated framing member. The system includes a feedband for retaining a series of fasteners and a powered drill for sequentially driving the fasteners. The feedband is made from a membrane of a polymeric compound. As the fastener is driven into the sheathing board, a portion of the membrane tears away from the surrounding feedband and becomes seated beneath the fastener. This acts to seal the penetration point and prevent water intrusion and otherwise prevents deterioration of the sheathing board.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: CERTAINTEED GYPSUM, INC.Inventors: Robert J. Hauber, Michael P. Fahey, Mark E. Hennis
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Patent number: 8832923Abstract: Disclosed is a fastening system that is adapted for securing a sheathing board to an associated framing member. The system includes a feedband for retaining a series of fasteners and a powered drill for sequentially driving the fasteners. The feedband is made from a membrane of a polymeric compound. As the fastener is driven into the sheathing board, a portion of the membrane tears away from the surrounding feedband and becomes seated beneath the fastener. This acts to seal the penetration point and prevent water intrusion and otherwise prevents deterioration of the sheathing board.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Hauber, Mark E. Hennis, Micheal P. Fahey
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Patent number: 8353401Abstract: Disclosed is a fastening system that is adapted for securing a sheathing board to an associated framing member. The system includes a feedband for retaining a series of fasteners and a powered drill for sequentially driving the fasteners. The feedband is made from a membrane of a polymeric compound. As the fastener is driven into the sheathing board, a portion of the membrane tears away from the surrounding feedband and becomes seated beneath the fastener. This acts to seal the penetration point and prevent water intrusion and otherwise prevents deterioration of the sheathing board.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2009Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Hauber, Mark E. Hennis, Michael P. Fahey
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Patent number: 7811413Abstract: A multilayer gypsum board forming device, and a gypsum additive delivery system in which additives are delivered to one or more layers of a multi layered gypsum board panels, including engineered polymers, includes at least one additive assembly connected in-line with a first gypsum delivery receptacle for providing an additive fluid feed into the stream of a first gypsum slurry being transported through said first gypsum delivery receptacle for homogenously adding an additive to the first gypsum slurry, and a second gypsum delivery receptacle transporting a second gypsum slurry, in fluid communication with the mixer providing the first gypsum slurry, having a different set of characteristics from those of the first gypsum slurry. At least one outer surface including a polymeric compound or wax emulsion additive entrained therein essentially encases the core gypsum within two facing layers.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: BPB LimitedInventors: Mark E. Hennis, Michael P. Fahey, Robert J. Hauber, Matthew J Chowing, Gerald D. Boydston, Troy R. Stuart
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Publication number: 20100132519Abstract: Disclosed is a fastening system that is adapted for securing a sheathing board to an associated framing member. The system includes a feedband for retaining a series of fasteners and a powered drill for sequentially driving the fasteners. The feedband is made from a membrane of a polymeric compound. As the fastener is driven into the sheathing board, a portion of the membrane tears away from the surrounding feedband and becomes seated beneath the fastener. This acts to seal the penetration point and prevent water intrusion and otherwise prevents deterioration of the sheathing board.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2009Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: Certain Teed Gypsum, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Hauber, Mark E. Hennis, Michael P. Fahey
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Publication number: 20090297865Abstract: A gypsum-containing panel and a method of making it are disclosed including at least one facing layer having a first polymer that is reinforced with reinforcing fibers and a gypsum core that has a second polymer in a second polymer matrix interwoven with a gypsum matrix. The first polymer in the facing layer and said second polymer matrix in said gypsum core form a continuous polymer matrix, and can be the same polymer material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Robert J. Hauber, Mark E. Hennis, Christopher J. Sanders, Michael P. Fahey
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Patent number: 7594456Abstract: Disclosed is a fastening system that is adapted for securing a sheathing board to an associated framing member. The system includes a feedband for retaining a series of fasteners and a powered drill for sequentially driving the fasteners. The feedband is made from a membrane of a polymeric compound. As the fastener is driven into the sheathing board, a portion of the membrane tears away from the surrounding feedband and becomes seated beneath the fastener. This acts to seal the penetration point and prevent water intrusion and otherwise prevents deterioration of the sheathing board.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2006Date of Patent: September 29, 2009Assignee: Certain Teed Gypsum, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Hauber, Mark E. Hennis, Michael P. Fahey
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Publication number: 20090087616Abstract: A coating method for gypsum board having a surface gypsum layer in which a polymer additive has been entrained including forming a gypsum board including the polymer additive entrained in a surface layer, application of a preferably acrylic primary coating, curing and drying the gypsum board, passing the gypsum board through a first roll coater wherein a second fluid coating is deposited over the primary layer of the dried, coated gypsum board in which the polymer additive has been entrained, the coating then being dried and cured, wherein the coating material of the primary coating forms a chemical bond with the polymer additive entrained in the surface layer of the gypsum board and the polymer of the primary coating forms a chemical bond with the second fluid coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Mark E. HENNIS, Christopher J. Sanders, Michael P. Fahey, Gregory L. Wascomb, Robert J. Hauber, Gerald D. Boydston
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Publication number: 20090025880Abstract: A multilayer gypsum board forming device, and a gypsum additive delivery system in which additives are delivered to one or more layers of a multi layered gypsum board panels, including engineered polymers, includes at least one additive assembly connected in-line with a first gypsum delivery receptacle for providing an additive fluid feed into the stream of a first gypsum slurry being transported through said first gypsum delivery receptacle for homogenously adding an additive to the first gypsum slurry, and a second gypsum delivery receptacle transporting a second gypsum slurry, in fluid communication with the mixer providing the first gypsum slurry, having a different set of characteristics from those of the first gypsum slurry. At least one outer surface including a polymeric compound or wax emulsion additive entrained therein essentially encases the core gypsum within two facing layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: BPB plcInventors: Mark E. HENNIS, Michael P. FAHEY, Robert J. HAUBER, Matthew J. CHOWNING, Gerald D. BOYDSTON, Troy R. STUART
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Patent number: 7435369Abstract: A method of manufacture of multilayer gypsum board, and a gypsum additive delivery system, including wet gypsum board passing through a board forming station in which additives are delivered to one or more layers of a multi layered gypsum board panels, such as engineered polymers, providing a better and more water resistance surface. Preferably, the gypsum board has a first layer of a mixture of set gypsum having an outer surface and a polymeric compound or wax emulsion additive entrained therein and impregnated in a thin sheet of randomly aligned inorganic fibers to essentially encase the core gypsum within two facing layers.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2004Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: BPB plcInventors: Mark E. Hennis, Michael P. Fahey, Robert J. Hauber, Matthew J Chowing, Gerald D. Boydston, Troy R. Stuart
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Publication number: 20070289885Abstract: Disclosed is a fastening system that is adapted for secring a sheathing board to an associated framing member. The system includes a feedband for retaining a series of fasteners and a powered drill for sequentially driving the fasteners. The feedband is made from a membrane of a polymeric compound. As the fastener is driven into the sheathing board, a portion of the membrane tears away from the surrounding feedband and becomes seated beneath the fastener. This acts to seal the penetration point and prevent water intrusion and otherwise prevents deterioration of the sheathing board.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2006Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Robert J. Hauber, Mark E. Hennis, Michael P. Fahey
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Patent number: 6878321Abstract: Gypsum board having inorganic fiber, preferably glass fiber, preferably glass fiber, includes providing face sheets which have been completely impregnated with a gypsum slurry so as to penetrate through said random interstices between the inorganic fibers and to thereby cover the board surfaces with gypsum slurry. The gypsum board product is formed by passing the wet gypsum board through a board forming station having double forming plates, an upper forming plate having at least a portion thereof being set at a predetermined angle relative to a lower forming plate and having a separation between the forming plates defining a predetermined dimension substantially equal to the desired thickness of the manufactured gypsum board product. The method provides a multilayer gypsum board having a polymeric compound added to unset gypsum so as to provide a gypsum board ready for finishing.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2001Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: BPB plcInventors: Robert J. Hauber, Christopher J. Sanders, Mark E. Hennis, Michael P. Fahey
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Patent number: 6866492Abstract: A gypsum board forming device having a gypsum forming station including two laterally disposed edger shoes, and at least one laterally disposed edger bar clamping element on the edger bar. In one embodiment a laterally extending forming plate extends over the top surface of the formed gypsum board, the forming plate including a plurality of micropore conduits through which pressurized water is supplied to provide a film of smoothing water over the top surface of the gypsum board. In another embodiment the edger shoes have a flapper mechanism for retaining unset slurry skimmed off the surface of the gypsum board by the edger bar.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2002Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: BPB plcInventors: Robert J. Hauber, Christopher J. Sanders, Mark E. Hennis, Michael P. Fahey
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Patent number: 6524679Abstract: A multilayer gypsum board having face sheets comprising inorganic fiber, preferably randomly oriented glass fiber, which have been completely impregnated with a gypsum slurry so as to penetrate through the random interstices between the inorganic fibers and to thereby coat the board surfaces with gypsum slurry. The multilayer gypsum board may have a polymeric compound added to unset gypsum the compound may comprise any of the following: polyacrylamide, polymethylacrylamide, polyvinyidene chloride (PVDC), polyamide, poly (hexamethylene adipamide), polyvinylchloride (PVC), polyethylene, cellulose acetate, polyisobutylene, polycarbonate, polypropylene, polystyrene, polychloroprene, styrene, butadiene, natural rubber, poly (2,6 dimethyl pentene oxide), poly (4-methyl-1-pentene) and polydimethyl siloxane.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2001Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: BPB, plcInventors: Robert J. Hauber, Christopher J. Sanders, Mark E. Hennis, Michael P. Fahey
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Publication number: 20020187297Abstract: A method of manufacture of gypsum board having inorganic fiber, preferably glass fiber, face sheets which have been completely impregnated with a gypsum slurry so as to penetrate through said random interstices between the inorganic fibers and to thereby coat the board surfaces gypsum slurry. A gypsum board product is formed by passing the wet gypsum board through a board forming station having double forming plates, an upper forming plate having at least a portion thereof being set at a predetermined angle relative to a lower forming plate and having a separation between the forming plates defining a predetermined dimension substantially equal to the desired thickness of the manufactured gypsum board product.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2001Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventors: Robert J. Hauber, Christopher J. Sanders, Mark E. Hennis, Michael P. Fahey
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Publication number: 20020187298Abstract: A method of manufacture of gypsum board having inorganic fiber, preferably glass fiber, face sheets which have been completely impregnated with a gypsum slurry so as to penetrate through said random interstices between the inorganic fibers and to thereby coat the board surfaces gypsum slurry. A gypsum board product is formed by passing the wet gypsum board through a board forming station having double forming plates, an upper forming plate having at least a portion thereof being set at a predetermined angle relative to a lower forming plate and having a separation between the forming plates defining a predetermined dimension substantially equal to the desired thickness of the manufactured gypsum board product.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2001Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventors: Robert J. Hauber, Christopher J. Sanders, Mark E. Hennis, Michael P. Fahey
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Publication number: 20020187296Abstract: A method of manufacture of multilayer gypsum board, and a multilayer gypsum board, having face sheets comprising randomly oriented inorganic or glass fibers completely impregnated with a gypsum slurry penetrating through the random interstices between the inorganic fibers and coating the board surfaces with gypsum slurry. Wet gypsum board passes through a board forming station having upper and lower forming plates, set at an angle relative to each other and being separated by a predetermined dimension substantially equal to the desired thickness of the manufactured gypsum board product. Additives in the gypsum, such as engineered polymers, provide for a better surface for coating. The gypsum board has a first layer of a mixture of set gypsum having an outer surface and the polymeric compound additive entrained therein and impregnated in a thin sheet of randomly aligned inorganic fibers to essentially encase the core gypsum within two facing layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2002Publication date: December 12, 2002Inventors: Robert J. Hauber, Christopher J. Sanders, Mark E. Hennis, Michael P. Fahey