Patents by Inventor Robert Averitt

Robert Averitt 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).

  • Patent number: 7911615
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspection of fluids having a fluid analysis cell with a cavity therein enclosed by two light transmitting windows and having a spacer member fixedly positioned therebetween which provides a fluid analysis chamber of fixed pathlength where fluid flows by the windows and preferably wherein the flow laminar and at a uniform shear to provide accurate color measurements. Light transmitting and receiving probes are positioned adjacent to the viewing windows and wherein the faces of each probe are contiguous and flush with the viewing windows but are separated from the flow by the viewing windows, so that transmission measurements can be taken orthogonal to the direction of flow. The apparatus is particularly useful in the manufacture of dispersions and tints used in the manufacture of paints, so that the color of material being made can be accurately matched to a standard color in the wet state with confidence that the color will match in the dry state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Martino, Ken Stephen Schermacher, Larry Eugene Steenhoek, Timothy Aaron Snyder, Robert Averitt, Robert E. Bucher
  • Publication number: 20050163663
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspection of fluids having a fluid analysis cell with a cavity therein enclosed by two light transmitting windows and having a spacer member fixedly positioned therebetween which provides a fluid analysis chamber of fixed pathlength where fluid flows by the windows and preferably wherein the flow laminar and at a uniform shear to provide accurate color measurements. Light transmitting and receiving probes are positioned adjacent to the viewing windows and wherein the faces of each probe are contiguous and flush with the viewing windows but are separated from the flow by the viewing windows, so that transmission measurements can be taken orthogonal to the direction of flow. The apparatus is particularly useful in the manufacture of dispersions and tints used in the manufacture of paints, so that the color of material being made can be accurately matched to a standard color in the wet state with confidence that the color will match in the dry state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Anthony Martino, Ken Schermacher, Larry Steenhoek, Timothy Snyder, Robert Averitt, Robert Bucher
  • Patent number: 6888636
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspection of fluids having a fluid analysis cell with a cavity therein enclosed by two light transmitting windows and having a spacer member fixedly positioned therebetween which provides a fluid analysis chamber of fixed pathlength where fluid flows by the windows and preferably wherein the flow laminar and at a uniform shear to provide accurate color measurements. Light transmitting and receiving probes are positioned adjacent to the viewing windows and wherein the faces of each probe are contiguous and flush with the viewing windows but are separated from the flow by the viewing windows, so that transmission measurements can be taken orthogonal to the direction of flow. The apparatus is particularly useful in the manufacture of dispersions and tints used in the manufacture of paints, so that the color of material being made can be accurately matched to a standard color in the wet state with confidence that the color will match in the dry state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Martino, Ken Stephen Schermacher, Larry Eugene Steenhoek, Timothy Aaron Snyder, Robert Averitt, Robert E. Bucher, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20020149773
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspection of fluids having a fluid analysis cell with a cavity therein enclosed by two light transmitting windows and having a spacer member fixedly positioned therebetween which provides a fluid analysis chamber of fixed pathlength where fluid flows by the windows and preferably wherein the flow laminar and at a uniform shear to provide accurate color measurements. Light transmitting and receiving probes are positioned adjacent to the viewing windows and wherein the faces of each probe are contiguous and flush with the viewing windows but are separated from the flow by the viewing windows, so that transmission measurements can be taken orthogonal to the direction of flow. The apparatus is particularly useful in the manufacture of dispersions and tints used in the manufacture of paints, so that the color of material being made can be accurately matched to a standard color in the wet state with confidence that the color will match in the dry state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Martino, Ken Stephen Schermacher, Larry Eugene Steenhoek, Timothy Aaron Snyder, Robert Averitt, Robert E. Bucher
  • Patent number: 5042895
    Abstract: An electro-optic waveguide structure having a single mode channeled waveguide pattern of the Mach-Zehnder configuration is formed in a substrate of potassium titanyl phosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Michael P. Chouinard, Edward P. Gargiulo, James L. Hohman, Jr., Daniel B. Laubacher, Jiunn-You Liou, Moshe Oren, O. Robert Averitt, Patrick H. Wyant, Victoria Guerra-Brady