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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.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce N Greve, Clarkston, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Budd Company, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156 622 ; 156152 ; 156285 ; 156324 ; 156382 ; 264112 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for manufacturing sheet molding compound including a fiber processing unit for forming a fiber web, and a vacuum chamber unit having a resin paste dispenser, wherein the paste is applied to the fiber web within the vacuum chamber for minimizing entrapped air within the compound.