Patents by Inventor Steven Lee Balthazor

Steven Lee Balthazor 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: 7748392
    Abstract: An edge cleaning device, a system for cleaning an outside edge of a movable, coated web, and a method of cleaning the outside edge of the movable, coated web include a unique combination of desirable features. An edge cleaner device is automatically positioned with respect to an outside edge of a movable, coated web, wherein the edge cleaner device is positioned upstream from a backing roller for operatively engaging an underside of the moving, coated web. A fluid jet from a nozzle assembly of the edge cleaner device is applied toward the underside and the outside edge of the moving, coated web. A scraper device can be operatively engaged with an upper surface of the moving web without contacting an upper surface of the backing roller and the collection device may be imparted with a vacuum to assist in the removal of excess coating collected by the edge cleaning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Appleton Papers Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Lee Balthazor, George Karl Peters, Daniel Dean Rayer, Charles Milo Van Asten, Nathan James Vosters