Patents by Inventor Raymond J. Makara

Raymond J. Makara 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).

  • Scarfing nozzle
    Patent number: 4765597
    Abstract: Apparatus for scarfing defects in a metal workpiece having an oxygen discharge nozzle terminating in a nozzle discharge orifice adapted to discharge a sheet-like stream of cutting oxygen of uniform intensity across the surface of a metal workpiece and means for admixing a gas with the oxygen to be discharged through the discharge orifice wherein at least one edge of the sheet-like stream of oxygen is of reduced privity insufficient to scarf a workpiece, while the remainder of the sheet-like stream is sufficient to scarf defects from a workpiece surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: L-TEC Company
    Inventors: Ronald E. Fuhrhop, Raymond J. Makara