Patents by Inventor PATRICK J. PIATZ

PATRICK J. PIATZ 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).

  • Publication number: 20030132552
    Abstract: A system for controlling the manufacture of dimensionally varying tubular members extrudes a continuous tube with a lumen from an extrusion machine. The extrusion machine has a melt pump, which regulates the flow rate of the melt through the extrusion head. The extrusion head forms a melt flow and introduces air pressure within the melt flow to form the lumen of the tubing. An air pressure regulator controls the pressure of the air introduced through the extrusion head. A puller supplies tension to the tubing as it is extruded through the extrusion head. The system uses a diameter gage and/or a wall thickness gage to measure the change in the wall thickness of the tubing as a function of its length. Further, the system uses a laser to gage the profile of the tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: JONATHAN D. GAMBLE, KEITH O'BRIEN, JAMES W. KIMMET, PATRICK J. PIATZ