Patents by Inventor Ralph E. McCort

Ralph E. McCort 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 dividing fibrous mineral blankets
    Patent number: 4333369
    Abstract: Apparatus for dividing a fibrous mineral blanket comprising means for slitting the blanket into batts, a suction chamber having one or more narrow openings adapted for contact with the side edges of the batts, and a vacuum pipe extending into the chamber for educting air and airborne particles from the chamber and the side edges of the batts, where the vacuum pipe has its eduction opening positioned near the bottom of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1982
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
    Inventor: Ralph E. McCort
  • Apparatus for treating fibrous boards
    Patent number: 4226662
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for treating a fibrous board, a portion of an edge of the board is cut away, a liquid adhesive is applied to the remaining edge portion, and the liquid is dried to bind the fibers of the remaining edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1980
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
    Inventor: Ralph E. McCort
  • Seals for ovens
    Patent number: 4192516
    Abstract: In ovens which are divided by baffles to form zones, and through which conveyor belts pass, seals are positioned to prevent the flow of gases between zones. The seals are positioned between the baffle and the belt, and comprise a plurality of brushes extending from the baffle across the width of the belt and positioned so that at all times at least one of the brushes is in contact relationship with a non-foraminous portion of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
    Inventor: Ralph E. McCort
  • Apparatus for producing blowing wool insulation from glass wool mat
    Patent number: 4184643
    Abstract: A pair of gear-driven hollow cutting cylinders, each perforated with square holes to provide a grid of exterior cutting edges extending circumferentially and longitudinally of the cylinder, breaks a glass wool mat fed therebetween into small columns which are pneumatically conveyed from the inside of the cylinders to a conventional bagging machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1980
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
    Inventor: Ralph E. McCort