Windshield repair injector

Patent 6190150 Issued on February 20, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date:

October 9, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Beveridge, Robert A.

Assignee

Quick Fix Windshield Repair, Inc.

Application

No. 169431 filed on 10/09/1998

US Classes:

425/11, PRODUCT OR PREFORM REPAIR OR RESTORING MEANS156/94, Reclaiming, renewing or repairing articles for reuse425/12, Hand manipulable tool425/13Means feeding fluent stock under pressure

Examiners

Primary: Pyon, Harold
Assistant: Nguyen, Tan T.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Malin, Haley & DiMaggio, P.A.

International Class

B32B 035/00

Abstract

A windshield repair injector, to repair star, bulls-eye and elongated cracks in a laminated windshield. The device has a stepped threaded section for easy removal and installation. When the injector is placed against a glass surface, upward motion of a piston provides a vacuum in the piston chamber for removing moisture trapped in the damage region. Afterwards insertion of an optically clear resin, with an optical coefficient equal to glass is inserted under pressure, creating a permanent and virtually invisible repair.