Patents by Inventor Stephen Joseph Mettee

Stephen Joseph Mettee 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).

  • Method and apparatus for injecting steam at a single facer bonding nip
    Publication number: 20010000390
    Abstract: An apparatus and related method for forming a single face paperboard web are disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention includes a forming corrugating roll for corrugating flutes on a medium web and a carrier corrugating roll operably connected to the forming corrugating roll for carrying the medium web into contact with a liner web. A bonding nip is defined by the carrier corrugating roll for pressing the liner web into adhering contact with the medium web, thereby forming a single faced web. A steam supplying device, including at least one fluid port in fluid communication with the bonding nip, supplies a low pressure steam against at least one of the liner web and the medium web. The steam supplying device further includes a body having a heated surface facing one of the liner and the medium webs. A primary channel extends within the body and is in thermal communication with the heated surface. A high pressure steam is supplied to the primary channel for heating the heated surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Publication date: April 26, 2001
    Applicant: United Container Machinery, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Finke, Kent W. Thurston, Charles E. Thomas, Stephen Joseph Mettee
  • Method and apparatus for injecting steam at a single facer bonding nip
    Patent number: 6155320
    Abstract: An apparatus and related method for forming a single face paperboard web are disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention includes a forming corrugating roll for corrugating flutes on a medium web and a carrier corrugating roll operably connected to the forming corrugating roll for carrying the medium web into contact with a liner web. A bonding nip is defined by the carrier corrugating roll for pressing the liner web into adhering contact with the medium web, thereby forming a single faced web. A steam supplying device, including at least one fluid port in fluid communication with the bonding nip, supplies a low pressure steam against at least one of the liner web and the medium web. The steam supplying device further includes a body having a heated surface facing one of the liner and the medium webs. A primary channel extends within the body and is in thermal communication with the heated surface. A high pressure steam is supplied to the primary channel for heating the heated surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: United Container Machinery, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph L. Finke, Kent W. Thurston, Charles E. Thomas, Stephen Joseph Mettee