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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10611051 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2014

Systems and methods for skinning articles

Applicant:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Inventors:

Brian Michael Adams, Corning, NY (US);

Timothy Eugene Antesberger, Vestal, NY (US);

Richard Dominic Bomba, Rochester, NY (US);

Marc Jason Cassada, Horseheads, NY (US);

Joseph Henry Citriniti, Corning, NY (US);

John Joseph Costello, III, Virginia Beach, VA (US);

Scott Winfield Deming, Elmira, NY (US);

Parasuram Padmanabhan Harihara, Painted Post, NY (US);

Michael Joseph Joyce, Elmira, NY (US);

Christopher Lane Kerr, Tioga, PA (US);

Harry Robinson, Jr., Corning, NY (US);

Brian Christopher Sheehan, Elmira Heights, NY (US);

Dell Joseph St. Julien, Watkins Glen, NY (US);

Kevin Lee Wasson, Elmira, NY (US);

James Arthur Youngman, Dundee, NY (US);

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Yewebdar T Tadesse

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B28C 7/04 (2006.01); B05C 11/10 (2006.01); B28B 19/00 (2006.01); B28C 5/12 (2006.01); B28C 5/14 (2006.01); B28C 7/02 (2006.01); G05D 11/13 (2006.01); B28B 11/04 (2006.01); F01N 3/022 (2006.01); B29C 48/11 (2019.01); B05C 5/02 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); B29C 48/92 (2019.01); B29C 48/157 (2019.01); B29C 48/156 (2019.01); B05C 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B28C 7/0418 (2013.01); B05C 5/0241 (2013.01); B28B 11/04 (2013.01); B28B 19/0038 (2013.01); B28C 5/1292 (2013.01); B28C 5/143 (2013.01); B28C 7/026 (2013.01); B29C 48/11 (2019.02); B29C 48/156 (2019.02); B29C 48/157 (2019.02); B29C 48/92 (2019.02); F01N 3/0222 (2013.01); G05B 11/01 (2013.01); G05D 11/135 (2013.01); G05D 11/136 (2013.01); G05D 11/137 (2013.01); B05C 5/027 (2013.01); B05C 11/1021 (2013.01); B05C 13/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for delivering and applying a flowable mixture to an article (-) is disclosed. The system includes a mixture delivery system () and a skinning system (). The mixture delivery system () includes a mixer () configured to mix a dry material and a fluid to produce the flowable mixture, and a pump () configured to pump the flowable mixture to a delivery line. The skinning system () receives the flowable mixture from the mixture delivery system () through the delivery line. The skinning system () includes a skinning pipe () configured to apply the flowable mixture to the article (-) and a manifold () that supports the skinning pipe (). The skinning system () also includes an article feeding mechanism () configured to push the article (-) into the skinning pipe (). The skinning system () includes a transfer system () configured to hold the article (-) and move the article (-) out of the skinning pipe ().

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