Patents

US 11607836 B1: Heated polymeric sheet material feeding process

Granted
2023-03-21
Filed
2022-02-08 application 17667211
Type
Utility · 11 claims
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Abstract

A heated polymeric sheet material feeding process. The process may include heating a polymeric sheet in a heating zone to a forming temperature to form a heated polymeric sheet material. The process may further include transferring, while under a feeding vacuum range, the heated polymeric sheet from the heating zone to feed the heated polymeric sheet material into a forming zone under the feeding vacuum range.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg230321.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
Aerlyte, Inc. 8 patentsUS company or organizationPetoskey, MIPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Christopher Johnston, VIIPetoskey, MI12PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
B29CShaping or joining of plastics; shaping of material in a plastic state, not otherwise provided for; after-treatment of the shaped products, e.g. repairingB29C51/421PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
B29KIndexing scheme associated with subclasses b29b, b29c or b29d, relating to moulding materials or to materials for ; moulds, ; reinforcements, fillers or preformed parts, e.g. insertsB29K2105/06PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
B29LIndexing scheme associated with subclass b29c, relating to particular articlesB29L2031/30PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2023-02-15Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
JOHNSTON, CHRISTOPHER, VII signed 2022-02-08AERLYTE, INC. PETOSKEY, MI62707/396ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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