Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Guastaferri

Thomas J. Guastaferri 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).

  • Transfer pad printing systems, plates and methods
    Patent number: 6550381
    Abstract: A transfer pad printing systems, pad printing plates and methods therefor including forming a metal plate having a Rockwell C scale hardness not less than approximately 55 and a thickness between approximately 0.015 inches and approximately 0.020 inches, preferably from a cold rolled strip steel, etching an image on the metal plate and mounting the metal plate on a base plate prior to transferring images therefrom with a transfer pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Guastaferri