Patents by Inventor Walter L. Harmer
Walter L. Harmer 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).
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Patent number: 6039775Abstract: An abrasive article is provided which includes a peripheral surface formed comprising a grinding aid. The grinding aid is formed from a mixture including an acid and at least one of an inorganic metal phosphate salt or an inorganic metal sulfate salt. The acid is preferably selected so that the mixture forms a film. The abrasive article preferably has sharp abrasive particles. The inventive abrasive article improves grinding efficacy, particularly in titanium grinding processes, as compared to abrasive articles that are substantially devoid of a grinding aid of the present invention. Also provided is a method for making an abrasive article and a method of abrading a surface with an abrasive article.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Kwok-Lun Ho, Robert A. Follensbee, Walter L. Harmer, Mary L. Morris
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Patent number: 5954844Abstract: An abrasive article, for example, a coated, bonded, or nonwoven abrasive article comprising a binder, a plurality of abrasive particles, and an antiloading component.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1997Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Kam W. Law, Walter L. Harmer, Alan R. Kirk, Ernest L. Thurber
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Patent number: 5914299Abstract: An abrasive article is provided that includes at least one binder system formed from a polymeric additive and a thermosetting resin. The polymeric additive includes a polymeric backbone having substituents attached thereto, wherein the substituents include at least one urethane linked nitrogen bonded side chain having about 5 carbon atoms or more and a terminal methyl group and at least one oxygen linked water solubilizing group. An abrasive article that includes the binder system exhibits an increase of workpiece surface abraded in a Woodsanding Normal Force Test as compared to an abrasive article including a binder system formed from a composition containing substantially no polymeric additive.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1997Date of Patent: June 22, 1999Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Walter L. Harmer, James P. DiZio, Alan R. Kirk
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Patent number: 5908477Abstract: An abrasive article is provided that includes a bond system formed from a binder precursor and about 15% by weight or less of a wax-containing modifier. An abrasive article that includes the bond system exhibits an increase of workpiece surface abraded in a Woodsanding Normal Force Test as compared to an abrasive article including a bond system formed from a composition containing substantially no wax-containing modifier.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1997Date of Patent: June 1, 1999Assignee: Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Walter L. Harmer, Don H. Kincaid, Alan R. Kirk, Eric G. Larson
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Patent number: 5840090Abstract: A coated abrasive article comprised of a backing having a layer of grains adherently bonded thereto by a binding material, wherein the layer of grains comprises abrasive grains and nonabrasive composite grains, and the nonabrasive composite grains comprise inorganic nonabrasive particles bonded together by a binder selected from the group consisting of a metal salt of fatty acid, colloidal silica, and combinations thereof. The abrasive article has an unexpected abrading efficiency, performing equal to, or superior to, a coated abrasive article containing only abrasive grains. The invention also relates to a bonded abrasive article comprising the abrasive grains and nonabrasive composite grains adhered together.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 1997Date of Patent: November 24, 1998Assignee: Minnesota Mining and ManufacturingInventors: Kwok-Lun Ho, Walter L. Harmer
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Patent number: 5738695Abstract: An abrasive article, and methods of making and using same, comprising an inorganic phosphate selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal metaphosphate, an alkaline earth metal metaphosphate, and a Group IIIA metal orthophosphate; the inorganic phosphate may be present in a peripheral coating layer of a coated abrasive article, or an abrasive slurry coating in a uniform thickness, or a structured abrasive article.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 1997Date of Patent: April 14, 1998Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Walter L. Harmer, Kwok-Lun Ho
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Patent number: 5704952Abstract: An abrasive article, for example, a coated, bonded, or nonwoven abrasive article comprising a binder, a plurality of abrasive particles, and an antiloading component.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1996Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Kam W. Law, Walter L. Harmer, Alan R. Kirk, Ernest L. Thurber
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Patent number: 5702811Abstract: A coated abrasive article comprised of a backing having a layer of grains adherently bonded thereto by a binding material, wherein the layer of grains comprises abrasive grains and nonabrasive composite grains, and the nonabrasive composite grains comprise inorganic nonabrasive particles bonded together by a binder selected from the group consisting of a metal salt of fatty acid, colloidal silica, and combinations thereof. The abrasive article has an unexpected abrading efficiency, performing equal to, or superior to, a coated abrasive article containing only abrasive grains. The invention also relates to a bonded abrasive article comprising the abrasive grains and nonabrasive composite grains adhered together.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1995Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Inventors: Kwok-Lun Ho, Walter L. Harmer
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Patent number: 5667542Abstract: An abrasive article, for example, a coated, bonded, or nonwoven abrasive article comprising a binder, a plurality of abrasive particles, and an antiloading component in a peripheral coating of the abrasive article.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 1996Date of Patent: September 16, 1997Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Kam W. Law, Walter L. Harmer
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Patent number: 5562745Abstract: Abrasive articles comprising a plurality of abrasive particles, a combination of potassium tetrafluoroborate and a halogenated polymer, and a binder to which the plurality of abrasive particles are adhered, and methods of making and using the abrasive articles.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1995Date of Patent: October 8, 1996Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: John J. Gagliardi, Jason A. Chesley, Charles H. Houck, Walter L. Harmer, Gary L. Olson
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Patent number: 5360462Abstract: A method for preparing a coated abrasive article wherein the a plurality of abrasive grains are applied to a make coat such that the abrasive grains are substantially a mono-layer. The make coat precursor is a pressure-sensitive adhesive-like or pressure-sensitive adhesive. The make coat precursor is partially cured to approximate a pressure-sensitive adhesive-like layer or when fully cured is a pressure-sensitive adhesive. The make coat precursor has sufficient "tack" to hold the abrasive grains during the application and curing of the size coat, resulting in a substantially monolayer of abrasive grains.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1993Date of Patent: November 1, 1994Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Walter L. Harmer, Robert J. DeVoe, Eric G. Larson, Don H. Kincaid, Peggy S. Willett, Jerry W. Williams
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Patent number: 5269821Abstract: Coatable mixtures including erodable filler agglomerates, and abrasive articles into which they may be incorporated are presented, the agglomerates comprising a plurality of individual grains of water insoluble filler agglomerated by an agglomerating agent which includes water soluble filler and a binder. A preferred water soluble filler is Al.sub.2 (SO.sub.4).sub.3.14-18H.sub.2 O, a preferred water insoluble filler is Na.sub.3 AlF.sub.6 (cryolite), while a preferred binder is a phenolic resin. Methods of making coatable mixtures including erodable filler agglomerates are also presented.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 1992Date of Patent: December 14, 1993Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Harvey J. Helmin, Walter L. Harmer
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Patent number: 5256170Abstract: A method for preparing a coated abrasive article wherein the a plurality of abrasive grains are applied to a make coat such that the abrasive grains are substantially a mono-layer. The make coat precursor is a pressure-sensitive adhesive-like or pressure-sensitive adhesive. The make coat precursor is partially cured to approximate a pressure-sensitive adhesive-like layer or when fully cured is a pressure-sensitive adhesive. The make coat precursor has sufficient "tack" to hold the abrasive grains during the application and curing of the size coat, resulting in a substantially monolayer of abrasive grains.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1992Date of Patent: October 26, 1993Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Walter L. Harmer, Robert J. DeVoe, Eric G. Larson, Don H. Kincaid, Peggy S. Willett, Jerry W. Williams
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Patent number: 5061294Abstract: Coated abrasive product contains a conductive, doped, conjugated polymer to reduce the static charge generated during abrading operations.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1990Date of Patent: October 29, 1991Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Walter L. Harmer, Leif Christensen, Gary J. Drtina, Harvey J. Helmin
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Patent number: 4273912Abstract: A tough, wear-resistant polyurethane coating composition particularly suited for providing a protective coating on an elastomeric flooring is provided by the moisture-cured reaction product of an organic isocyanate-terminated prepolymer produced by reacting a diol component comprising at least one diol having a weighted average molecular weight between about 500 and 1200 and two primary hydroxyl groups, sufficient diisocyanate compound having two terminal isocyanate groups and sufficient compatible catalyst to facilitate the cure of the prepolymer. The invention also includes a floor covering material having a traffic surface coated with the coating composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 1979Date of Patent: June 16, 1981Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Walter L. Harmer