Patents by Inventor T. Wayne Vickers

T. Wayne Vickers 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).

  • Paint booth filter
    Patent number: 9481004
    Abstract: The invention is a filter for paint booth filtration systems. The filter has a housing made up of a peripheral wall, which extends around the entire periphery of the filter, and opposing filter-retaining screens. The filter-retaining screens form the upstream and downstream faces of the filter. The filtration element may be a frame with lattice and a rigidifying channel therearound combined with a filtration material extended around the frame. The filtration material may be slit and expanded paper that is joined at overlapping edges, or merely overlapped, to form a sleeve. One or more of the filtration elements are mounted in the housing substantially parallel to one another and to the screens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Columbus Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: T. Wayne Vickers, Mounir B. H. Slama
  • PAINT BOOTH FILTER
    Publication number: 20140260140
    Abstract: The invention is a filter for paint booth filtration systems. The filter has a housing made up of a peripheral wall, which extends around the entire periphery of the filter, and opposing filter-retaining screens. The filter-retaining screens form the upstream and downstream faces of the filter. The filtration element may be a frame with lattice and a rigidifying channel therearound combined with a filtration material extended around the frame. The filtration material may be slit and expanded paper that is joined at overlapping edges, or merely overlapped, to form a sleeve. One or more of the filtration elements are mounted in the housing substantially parallel to one another and to the screens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Columbus Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: T. Wayne Vickers, Mounir B. H. Slama