Patents by Inventor Stephen Raymond Wilburn

Stephen Raymond Wilburn 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).

  • Publication number: 20160185063
    Abstract: In a method of compaction of a powder (P) by means of nip rollers the powder (P) is transported at a supply speed to the nip rollers and friction between at least one of the nip rollers and the powder (P) at said nip roller is determined. Depending on the friction the rotational speed of at least one of the nip rollers is adjusted. The supply speed of the powder (P) to the nip rollers as well as the distance between the nip rollers are maintained substantially constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Raymond Wilburn, Andrew Robert Morgan
  • Patent number: 8377346
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a powder coating comprising the steps of: Preparing a powder coating premix comprising a resin and optionally a crosslinker therefor; Feeding the premix through a melt extruder; Cooling the extruded material; and Comminuting it to fine particles, wherein said process is characterized in that between 1 and 25 wt. % (based on the weight of said premix) of a process liquid is added to the melt extruder, wherein said process liquid is immiscible with at least said resin of the powder coating premix and wherein said process liquid evaporates when the premix leaves the extruder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventors: Andrew Robert Morgan, Stephen Raymond Wilburn, Edward Clark
  • Publication number: 20100305268
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a powder coating comprising the steps of: Preparing a powder coating premix comprising a resin and optionally a crosslinker therefor; Feeding the premix through a melt extruder; Cooling the extruded material; and Comminuting it to fine particles, wherein said process is characterized in that between 1 and 25 wt. % (based on the weight of said premix) of a process liquid is added to the melt extruder, wherein said process liquid is immiscible with at least said resin of the powder coating premix and wherein said process liquid evaporates when the premix leaves the extruder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew Robert Morgan, Stephen Raymond Wilburn, Edward Clark