Patents by Inventor Patrick E. Dodd

Patrick E. Dodd 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).

  • Investment mold slurry curtain apparatus
    Patent number: 11786961
    Abstract: An investment mold slurry curtain apparatus includes a slurry curtain of a slurry fluid, the slurry curtain having a length and a thickness, the length substantially greater than the thickness. The apparatus also includes an outlet configured to dispense the slurry fluid and form the slurry curtain. The investment mold slurry curtain apparatus may include and be described as an investment mold slurry coating apparatus including a conduit configured to receive a flow of a slurry fluid and an outlet operatively coupled to the conduit, the outlet configured to dispense the flow of the slurry as a curtain of the slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Metal Casting Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott W. Biederman, Thomas Bonaventura, Patrick E. Dodd, Joseph C. Michalik
  • INVESTMENT MOLD SLURRY CURTAIN APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20170100770
    Abstract: An investment mold slurry curtain apparatus includes a slurry curtain of a slurry fluid, the slurry curtain having a length and a thickness, the length substantially greater than the thickness. The apparatus also includes an outlet configured to dispense the slurry fluid and form the slurry curtain. The investment mold slurry curtain apparatus may include and be described as an investment mold slurry coating apparatus including a conduit configured to receive a flow of a slurry fluid and an outlet operatively coupled to the conduit, the outlet configured to dispense the flow of the slurry as a curtain of the slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Scott W. Biederman, Thomas Bonaventura, Patrick E. Dodd, Joseph C. Michalik