Patents by Inventor Richard E. Herr, Jr.

Richard E. Herr, Jr. 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).

  • Process for providing a gloss controlled, abrasion resistant coating on surface covering products
    Patent number: 6572932
    Abstract: The invention comprises a composition and method for controlling the gloss of surface covering products through curing of the composition to create a wearlayer surface, and preferably on a floor covering product. The surface covering product preferably is prepared by application of an aromatic polyester acrylate composition including a flatting agent and/or hard particles, and at least one free-radical generating compound to a substrate, and then the coating is partially cured by exposure to low peak irradiance UV light in either ambient or inert air, followed by fully curing the coating with high peak irradiance UV light in preferably an inert atmosphere to form a low gloss abrasion resistant wearlayer surface. Alternatively, a high gloss wearlayer surface is obtained by solely exposing the preferred composition to high peak irradiance UV light in ambient atmosphere. Furthermore, a differential gloss flooring product is obtained by using the present inventive method described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: AWI Licensing Company
    Inventors: Gary A. Sigel, Jeffrey S. Ross, Elizabeth A. Malkowski, Richard E. Herr, Jr., Larry W. Leininger
  • Decorative materials comprising crinkled chips
    Patent number: 4699820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to structures exhibiting unique appearances resulting from the presence of crinkled chip materials. A reflective and/or nacreous platelet or flake material is intermixed with a plasticizer and a general purpose resin, and the mixture is formed into a reflective sheet. The reflective sheet is pulverized to provide a chip material which is then used alone or in combination with other chips to form a mottle comprising a vinyl chloride resin and a plasticizer. Upon consolidating the mottle into a decorative surface, the nacreous and/or reflective chips are found to surprisingly exhibit an enhanced crinkled appearance, thereby exhibiting unique aesthetic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Herr, Jr., William J. Kauffman, Cheryl W. Landers
  • Decorative materials comprising crinkled chips
    Patent number: 4605584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to structures exhibiting unique appearances resulting from the presence of crinkled chip materials. A reflective and/or nacreous platelet or flake material is intermixed with a plasticizer and a general purpose resin, and the mixture is formed into a reflective sheet. The reflective sheet is pulverized to provide a chip material which is then used alone or in combination with other chips to form a mottle comprising a vinyl chloride resin and a plasticizer. Upon consolidating the mottle into a decorative surface, the nacreous and/or reflective chips are found to surprisingly exhibit an enhanced crinkled appearance, thereby exhibiting unique aesthetic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1986
    Assignee: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Herr, Jr., William J. Kauffman, Cheryl W. Landers