Patents by Inventor Steven Peter Makin

Steven Peter Makin 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: 6474104
    Abstract: A method of making coated glass including producing a continuous ribbon of glass, depositing a coating onto a surface of the ribbon during the production process and polishing the coated surface of the ribbon using at least one rotating polishing head. Preferably one or more of the rotating polishing heads have an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the plane of the ribbon. The invention also provides a method of treating glass including polishing a surface of the glass with at least one polishing head wherein the axis of rotation of the polishing head is substantially parallel to the plane of the glass, glass polished according to the methods of the invention and a flat glass production line including a polishing station including at least one rotating polishing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Pilkington United Kingdom Limited
    Inventors: Brian Reginald Campbell, Steven Peter Makin