ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,596, issued on June 10, was assigned to CONTINUUS MATERIALS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC (The Woodlands, Texas).
"Method of composite panel detachment from a heated and cooled press" was invented by Jack G. Winterowd (Puyallup, Wash.), Matthew Spencer (Palatine, Ill.), Marko Suput (Lompoc, Calif.) and Mya Fisher (Ames, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of maintaining a belt of a continuous press configured to compress a mat comprising plastic elements includes applying a cleaning tool to the belt to remove plastic residue from the one or more plastic elements that has adhered to the belt and combusting the residue that accumu...