Patents by Inventor Paul Eugene DeMint

Paul Eugene DeMint 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).

  • Apparatus and method for profiling optical disks
    Patent number: 6843622
    Abstract: An apparatus for the automated profiling the edge of successive optical disks, and including an optical disk supply assembly for holding a supply of optical disks to be profiled, a turntable for receiving an optical disk to be profiled, and for reciprocating between an optical disk loading position and an optical disk profiling position. A clamping assembly is provided for clamping the optical disk in a stationary condition to the turntable during movement between the loading position and the profiling position. A profiling cutter profiles the edge of the optical disk into a predefined shape when the turntable is in the profiling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Concept Design Electronics and Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Eugene DeMint, Richard Lee Clark
  • Apparatus and method for profiling optical disks
    Publication number: 20030151151
    Abstract: An apparatus for the automated profiling the edge of successive optical disks, and including an optical disk supply assembly for holding a supply of optical disks to be profiled, a turntable for receiving an optical disk to be profiled, and for reciprocating between an optical disk loading position and an optical disk profiling position. A clamping assembly is provided for clamping the optical disk in a stationary condition to the turntable during movement between the loading position and the profiling position. A profiling cutter profiles the edge of the optical disk into a predefined shape when the turntable is in the profiling position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Eugene DeMint, Richard Lee Clark