Patents by Inventor Terry W. Martin

Terry W. Martin 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).

  • Method and apparatus for cleaning molds used in the glass fabrication industry
    Patent number: 6579380
    Abstract: A method of removing graphite from metal molds used in the glass fabrication industry, the method including placing a metal glass-fabricating mold with graphite bonded thereto in a chamber, providing an oxygen rich mixture of combustible gases in the chamber, said oxygen rich mixture containing from about 10 to about 25% stoichiometric excess of oxygen, and igniting the oxygen rich mixture of combustible gases in the chamber to produce a temperature of at least about 6,000° F. and a pressure wave. A high temperature wave front and the pressure wave thereby produced remove graphite from the metal mold by ablation of the graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Ablation Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Terry W. Martin, Alex Maule
  • Method and apparatus for cleaning molds used in the glass fabrication industry
    Publication number: 20010020479
    Abstract: A method of removing graphite from metal molds used in the glass fabrication industry, the method including placing a metal glass-fabricating mold with graphite bonded thereto in a chamber, providing an oxygen rich mixture of combustible gases in the chamber, said oxygen rich mixture containing from about 10 to about 25% stoichiometric excess of oxygen, and igniting the oxygen rich mixture of combustible gases in the chamber to produce a temperature of at least about 6,000° F. and a pressure wave. A high temperature wave front and the pressure wave thereby produced remove graphite from the metal mold by ablation of the graphite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Terry W. Martin, Alex Maule