Patents by Inventor Richard A. Biastock

Richard A. Biastock 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).

  • Contact flash dryer and method of contact flash drying
    Patent number: 8533973
    Abstract: An apparatus and method operations are provided for flash drying paste provided on strips of battery plate grids, wherein the paste is dried through contact with a plurality of heated rollers. The plurality of heated rollers are individually driven and heating of the heated rollers is controlled on an individual basis with a feedback loop. The plurality of heated rollers are positioned so as to move the pasted strip of battery plates through contact with the heated rollers; as a result of this contact with the heated rollers, moisture is removed from the paste, so as to provide a pasted strip that with a sufficiently low moisture content to be divided into battery plate grids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mac Engineering and Equipment Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis S. Ulrich, Richard A. Biastock
  • CONTACT FLASH DRYER AND METHOD OF CONTACT FLASH DRYING
    Publication number: 20100132213
    Abstract: An apparatus and method operations are provided for flash drying paste provided on strips of battery plate grids, wherein the paste is dried through contact with a plurality of heated rollers. The plurality of heated rollers are individually driven and heating of the heated rollers is controlled on an individual basis with a feedback loop. The plurality of heated rollers are positioned so as to move the pasted strip of battery plates through contact with the heated rollers; as a result of this contact with the heated rollers, moisture is removed from the paste, so as to provide a pasted strip that with a sufficiently low moisture content to be divided into battery plate grids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: MAC ENGINEERING AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Dennis Sanford Ulrich, Richard A. Biastock