Patents by Inventor Terry A. Bennett
Terry A. Bennett 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: 20210347675Abstract: An end cap assembly for a conveyor roll includes an end cap configured to fit over an end of the conveyor roll, and the end cap has an opening. The end cap assembly further includes a spring member configured to be positioned between the end of the conveyor roll and the end cap, and a fastener that is insertable into the opening of the end cap. The fastener is configured to cooperate with the spring member to apply a retention force to assist in retaining the end cap on the conveyor roll.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: GLASSTECH, INC.Inventors: Terry A. BENNETT, Troy R. LEWANDOWSKI, Brian D. BILS
-
Patent number: 11130698Abstract: A glass sheet forming and annealing system disclosed provides control of edge stresses by maintaining a press formed glass sheet on an annealing ring (72) below a heated upper forming mold (58) within a forming station (12) for slow cooling toward the glass strain point temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: GLASSTECH, INC.Inventor: Terry A. Bennett
-
Publication number: 20180134601Abstract: A glass sheet forming and annealing system disclosed provides control of edge stresses by maintaining a press formed glass sheet on an annealing ring (72) below a heated upper forming mold (58) within a forming station (12) for slow cooling toward the glass strain point temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: GLASSTECH, INC.Inventor: Terry A. BENNETT
-
Patent number: 9896369Abstract: Glass sheet forming and annealing disclosed provides control of edge stresses by maintaining a press formed glass sheet on an annealing ring (72) below a heated upper forming mold (58) within a forming station (12) for slow cooling toward the glass strain point temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: GLASSTECH, INC.Inventor: Terry A. Bennett
-
Publication number: 20160145141Abstract: Glass sheet forming and annealing disclosed provides control of edge stresses by maintaining a press formed glass sheet on an annealing ring (72) below a heated upper forming mold (58) within a forming station (12) for slow cooling toward the glass strain point temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2014Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventor: Terry A. BENNETT
-
Patent number: 8714309Abstract: An improved lubrication system for use in connection with high pressure processing and particularly useful for LDPE processing. The lubricating system utilizes flow meters to monitor and control the supply pressure and oil flow to a machine lubrication point. Furthermore, two different types of oil may be used so as to alleviate down time and repair often associated with use of food grade oil as the lubricate for the camshaft and other working components of the lubrication system.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: TF Hudgins, Inc.Inventors: Todd Carothers, Cory Walker, William H. Pullin, Terry Bennett
-
Patent number: 8534096Abstract: A glass sheet quench station (16) and method for quenching glass sheets includes quench control valves (55, 57) that are operated to reduce unnecessary quenching air and thereby provide efficiency in the quenching.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2007Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Glasstech, Inc.Inventor: Terry A. Bennett
-
Publication number: 20110308888Abstract: An improved lubrication system for use in connection with high pressure processing and particularly useful for LDPE processing. The lubricating system utilizes flow meters to monitor and control the supply pressure and oil flow to a machine lubrication point. Furthermore, two different types of oil may be used so as to alleviate down time and repair often associated with use of food grade oil as the lubricate for the camshaft and other working components of the lubrication system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Todd Carothers, Cory Walker, William H. Pullin, Terry Bennett
-
Publication number: 20110247367Abstract: A press bending station (12) for heated glass sheets includes a conveyor (36) having a lower support structure (38) and central conveyor assemblies (40r) with horizontal rollers (41) as well as having lateral outward wheel conveyor assemblies (40w) with wheels 44 and/or laterally outward inclined roller conveyor assemblies (40r) with inclined rollers (43) for supporting and conveying upwardly formed portions of a preformed heated glass sheet with an upwardly concave shape. Each conveyor assembly has a detachable connection (46) to a drive mechanism (48) of the lower support to provide rotational driving of a roller (41 or 43) or wheel (44) of each conveyor assembly. An actuator (62) provides relative vertical movement that lifts the heated preformed glass sheet received by the conveyor (36) to provide press bending thereof between a lower press ring (52) and an upper press mold (58).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: GLASSTECH, INC.Inventors: Dean M. Nitschke, David B. Nitschke, Terry A. Bennett, Roger E. Hummel
-
Publication number: 20100180638Abstract: A forming system (10) having particular utility for making outer and inner formed windshield glass sheets provides glass sheet positioning centrally on a forming face (34) of a forming mold (32) to form each glass sheet to a design shape regardless of any size difference between the glass sheets from one cycle to the next.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: GLASSTECH, INC.Inventors: Terry A. Bennett, Steven M. Connell
-
Patent number: 7716949Abstract: A method having particular utility for making outer and inner formed windshield glass sheets is performed by glass sheet positioning centrally on a forming face (34) of a forming mold (32) to form each glass sheet to a design shape regardless of any size difference between the glass sheets from one cycle to the next.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Glasstech, Inc.Inventors: Terry A. Bennett, Steven M. Connell
-
Publication number: 20080245107Abstract: A method and forming system (10) having particular utility for making outer and inner formed windshield glass sheets provide glass sheet positioning centrally on a forming face (34) of a forming mold (32) to form each glass sheet to a design shape regardless of any size difference between the glass sheets from one cycle to the next.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: GLASSTECH, INC.Inventors: Terry A. Bennett, Steven M. Connell
-
Publication number: 20080236200Abstract: A glass sheet quench station (16) and method for quenching glass sheets includes quench control valves (55, 57) that are operated to reduce unnecessary quenching air and thereby provide efficiency in the quenching.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: GLASSTECH, INC.Inventor: Terry A. Bennett
-
Patent number: 6578383Abstract: Apparatus (16) and a method for roll bending heated glass sheets includes a pair of sets of bending rolls (40) and a support and drive mechanisms (44) that supports and rotatively drives the bending rolls at progressively increasing inclinations within a heating chamber (32) of a roll bending station (18) to provide engagement and bending at opposite lateral sides of a conveyed glass sheet. The bending rolls (44) are positioned in their progressively inclined inclinations by cooperation of an elongated connector (60) and clamps (64) for providing securement to curved support ribs (48) of an associated frame at the adjacent lateral side of the roll bending station housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignee: Glasstech, Inc.Inventors: Terry A. Bennett, Paul D. Ducat, Robert W. Brown
-
Patent number: 6543255Abstract: A press bending station (12) for heated glass sheets includes a lower wheel bed (36) having a lower support (38) and wheel assemblies (40) with detachable connections (46) to a drive mechanism (48) of the lower support to provide rotational driving of a wheel (44) of each wheel assembly. An actuator (62) provides relative vertical movement that lifts a heated glass sheet received by the wheel bed (36) to provide press bending thereof between a lower press ring (52) and an upper press mold (58). The wheel bed (36) can have a curved shape or a flat shape. Connection and detachment of the wheel assemblies (40) facilitates switching from one production job to the next.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Glasstech, Inc.Inventors: Terry A. Bennett, Paul D. Ducat
-
Patent number: 6513348Abstract: A glass sheet quench station (16) includes first and second quench sections (24 and 26) that cooperate with a three position shuttle (28) and a control (30) to transfer glass sheets through the quench station with partial quenching performed at the first quench station and completion of the quenching at the second quench section. This glass sheet quenching method with two stage quenching shortens the cycle time to provide increased production.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2001Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: Glasstech, Inc.Inventors: Donivan M. Shetterly, Terry A. Bennett, Daniel G. Common
-
Publication number: 20020189290Abstract: A system (10) and method for forming and quenching glass sheets with curvatures both along and transverse to a direction of conveyance includes a furnace (12) having an exit end (22) with a roll bending station (14), a press bending station located downstream from the exit end of the furnace and having a lower ring mold (46) and an upper press mold (48) operated by an actuator (50), and a quench station (18) that provides toughening of the formed glass sheet. The location of the roll bending station (14) with sets (30) of inclined bending rolls (32) having increasing inclinations along the direction of conveyance together with the external press station (16) and the quench station (18) provides the glass sheet forming without the necessity for excessive heating so that the glass is sufficiently hot upon quenching to provide the toughening.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2001Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: Glasstech, Inc.Inventor: Terry A. Bennett
-
Publication number: 20020189295Abstract: A press bending station (12) for heated glass sheets includes a lower wheel bed (36) having a lower support (38) and wheel assemblies (40) with detachable connections (46) to a drive mechanism (48) of the lower support to provide rotational driving of a wheel (44) of each wheel assembly. An actuator (62) provides relative vertical movement that lifts a heated glass sheet received by the wheel bed (36) to provide press bending thereof between a lower press ring (52) and an upper press mold (58). The wheel bed (36) can have a curved shape or a flat shape. Connection and detachment of the wheel assemblies (40) facilitates switching from one production job to the next.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2001Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: Glasstech, Inc.Inventors: Terry A. Bennett, Paul D. Ducat
-
Publication number: 20020189291Abstract: Apparatus (16) and a method for roll bending heated glass sheets includes a pair of sets of bending rolls (40) and a support and drive mechanisms (44) that supports and rotatively drives the bending rolls at progressively increasing inclinations within a heating chamber (32) of a roll bending station (18) to provide engagement and bending at opposite lateral sides of a conveyed glass sheet. The bending rolls (44) are positioned in their progressively inclined inclinations by cooperation of an elongated connector (60) and clamps (64) for providing securement to curved support ribs (48) of an associated frame at the adjacent lateral side of the roll bending station housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2001Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: Glasstech, Inc.Inventors: Terry A. Bennett, Paul D. Ducat, Robert W. Brown
-
Publication number: 20020189289Abstract: A glass sheet quench station (16) includes first and second quench sections (24 and 26) that cooperate with a three position shuttle (28) and a control (30) to transfer glass sheets through the quench station with partial quenching performed at the first quench station and completion of the quenching at the second quench section. This glass sheet quenching method with two stage quenching shortens the cycle time to provide increased production.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2001Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: Glasstech, Inc.Inventors: Donivan M. Shetterly, Terry A. Bennett, Daniel G. Common