Patents by Inventor Richard E. Strait

Richard E. Strait 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).

  • Metallic coating method
    Patent number: 4137347
    Abstract: A method for finishing molten metallic coatings applied to iron and steel strip by the use of an elongate, laminar flow fluid jet, which jet is used to control thickness and quality of the finished coating.The narrow dimension of the fluid jet is contoured across the strip width to produce the desired coating weight at all parts of the strip and to produce a coated strip edge free from excessively heavy coatings and/or oxide "berries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Assignee: Armco Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hart F. Graff, John B. Kohler, Noel W. Parks, Marvin B. Pierson, Paul E. Schnedler, Richard E. Strait