Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Valek

Timothy J. Valek 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 removing coatings applied to surfaces of a substrate
    Patent number: 6988938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for removing coatings from generally opposed first and second major surfaces of a substrate. The method includes providing a table having a surface for slidable receipt of the substrate. First and second grinding apparatuses are provided at a mounting portion of the table, opposite one another. As the substrate moves over the table surface, it contacts the first and second grinding apparatuses. The coatings are simultaneously removed from the first major surface with the first grinding apparatus from the second major surface with the second grinding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Cardinal CG Company
    Inventors: Timothy J. Valek, Roger D. O'Shaughnessy
  • Method and apparatus for removing coatings applied to surfaces of a substrate
    Patent number: 6971948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for removing coatings from generally opposed first and second major surfaces of a substrate. The method includes providing a table having a surface for slidable receipt of the substrate. First and second grinding apparatuses are provided at a mounting portion of the table, opposite one another. As the substrate moves over the table surface, it contacts the first and second grinding apparatuses. The coatings are simultaneously removed from the first major surface with the first grinding apparatus from the second major surface with the second grinding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Cardinal CG Company
    Inventors: Timothy J. Valek, Roger D. O'Shaughnessy
  • Method and apparatus for removing coatings applied to surfaces of a substrate
    Publication number: 20020132564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for removing coatings from generally opposed first and second major surfaces of a substrate. The method includes providing a table having a surface for slidable receipt of the substrate. First and second grinding apparatuses are provided at a mounting portion of the table, opposite one another. As the substrate moves over the table surface, it contacts the first and second grinding apparatuses. The coatings are simultaneously removed from the first major surface with the first grinding apparatus from the second major surface with the second grinding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: Cardinal Glass Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Valek, Roger D. O'Shaughnessy