Patents by Inventor R. Hugh Van Brimer

R. Hugh Van Brimer 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).

  • Transparency with jetted color ink and method of making same
    Patent number: 4853706
    Abstract: A method of making a color transparency with jetted color ink jet apparatus includes the steps of heating hot melt ink including an ink vehicle and a substantially translucent dye to a temperature above the melting point to attain the liquid state, ejecting small volumes of the hot melt ink from the ink jet apparatus toward a substantially transparent resinous support, cooling the small volumes of ink on the support so as to attain the solid state, and flattening the small volumes on the support to produce a substantially planar surface which minimizes refraction and scattering of light projected thereon or therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Inventors: R. Hugh Van Brimer, Donald Allred, Theodore M. Cooke, An C. R. Lin, Julia E. Rubbo
  • Ink jet apparatus with a flexible piezoelectric member and method of operating same
    Patent number: 4395719
    Abstract: An ink jet comprises an elastic tubular member (14) characterized by piezoelectric properties. The tubular member (14) is terminated in an orifice (26) adapted to pass droplets of ink when the chamber formed within the tubular member (14) is reduced in size. The piezoelectric properties are provided by a substantially homogeneous mixture of piezoelectric material and an elastic binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1983
    Assignee: Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Henry A. Majewski, William Salmre, R. Hugh Van Brimer