Patents by Inventor Paul D. Aubin

Paul D. Aubin 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: 6196775
    Abstract: In an apparatus for extracting chips from slots cut into a substrate, a cutter having a cutting implement is mounted thereon and is adapted to cut slots into the substrate. At least one injector is positioned proximate to the cutting implement, and includes a nozzle having a nozzle tip directed at the slots such that during operation a current of gas is directed into the slots to loosen any substrate chips therefrom which were generated during the cutting operation. A vacuum apparatus is positioned proximate to the cutting apparatus for capturing and removing the substrate chips loosened by the injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Aubin, Wolfgang M. Strobel
  • Patent number: D447495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang M. Strobel, Paul D. Aubin