Patents by Inventor S. Hunter W. Brooks

S. Hunter W. Brooks 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: 6383652
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a weatherable building product comprising a wood member. The wood member has at least a portion which is coated with a coating composition comprising an interpenetrating polymer network of an acrylic latex and a vinylidene chloride polymer. The wood member comprises solid wood or fiber-based materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: TT Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: G. Daniel Templeton, Kenneth J. West, Ronald C. Minke, Cem A. Porter, S. Hunter W. Brooks
  • Patent number: 5624616
    Abstract: A method for making lignocellulose fibers, which may be optionally coated with a suitable thermoplastic, wherein the starting materials may be chosen from a wide variety of generally non-recyclable contaminated wood, paper, and/or plastic products. A mixture of the preferred lignocellulose material characterized by a relatively low moisture content and the desired thermoplastics is refined and comminuted in a steam atmosphere which is at a temperature, pressure, and duration sufficient to soften both the lignin within the wood chips and the thermoplastic polymer. The temperature of the steam atmosphere is relatively high because of the use of dry wood chips which do not result in excessive vaporization during heating. The comminution of the mixture occurs by auguring the mixture between counter-revolving dual refining discs in the elevated temperature, pressurized steam atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Inventor: S. Hunter W. Brooks