Patents by Inventor Arved Westerkamp

Arved Westerkamp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8176945
    Abstract: Paper machine clothing that includes interwoven warp threads and weft threads forming a weaving pattern composed of repeat units having at least 26 warp threads. The weaving pattern, one of on its own or in combination, is formed by at least one of: at least one basic textile weave, at least one derivative of a basic textile weave, and at least one extension of a basic textile weave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Voith Fabrics Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arved Westerkamp, Johann Boeck
  • Patent number: 8176944
    Abstract: Paper machine clothing, such as a forming fabric formed by a large number of repeating units, wherein each repeat unit includes a paper-side woven structure having paper-side warp and weft threads and a machine-side woven structure having machine-side warp and weft threads, such that the paper side and the machine side woven structures are connected to each other by binding threads, and each repeat unit being formed by at least 26 warp threads and the paper machine clothing having a total thickness of 0.78 mm and less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Voith Fabrics Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Arved Westerkamp
  • Patent number: 8152964
    Abstract: The invention relates to a press fabric, especially a press felt, for a machine for the production of a fibrous web, especially paper or cardboard, which is fluid permeable and which includes an elastomer polymeric material. The invention is characterized in that the total weight component of the elastomer polymeric material contained in the press fabric is more than 50%, preferably more than 60% of the total weight of the press fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arved Westerkamp, Robert Eberhardt
  • Patent number: 8034730
    Abstract: A press fabric for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, including a carrying structure and a plurality of layers on one web material contact side of the carrying structure, whereby polymeric material is contained in at least one of the layers of fibrous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arved Westerkamp, Robert Crook, Robert Eberhardt
  • Patent number: 7981820
    Abstract: A press fabric for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, includes a carrying structure and at least one layer of fibrous material on one web material contact side of the carrying structure, whereby at least some of the fibers of the at least one layer of fibrous material are coated at least partially with a film of a first polymeric material and whereby a permeable composite structure is formed by a second polymeric material in the at least one fibrous layer, in that the hollow spaces which are formed between fibers of the at least one fibrous layer are filled partially with the second polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arved Westerkamp, Robert Crook, Robert Eberhardt
  • Patent number: 7871497
    Abstract: A covering for a machine for treating a material web, in particular a fibrous web, has a multilayer construction with at least two layers formed respectively by at least one polyurethane film, between which there lies a layer made of a reinforcement fabric whose mesh widths are selected such that the two adjacent layers of polyurethane film touch each other in the meshes. This covering can be used advantageously in particular as a transfer belt or a dryer fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Arved Westerkamp
  • Patent number: 7799382
    Abstract: A method for producing a topographical pattern on or in a papermachine fabric. The method for creating the pattern on or in an fabric, includes producing a topographical polymer pattern on or in a papermachine fabric using a rotary screen. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Justin Payne, David Ponton, John Jeffery, Arved Westerkamp, Antony Morton
  • Publication number: 20100159760
    Abstract: A press fabric for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, includes a carrying structure and at least one layer of fibrous material on one web material contact side of the carrying structure, whereby at least some of the fibers of the at least one layer of fibrous material are coated at least partially with a film of a first polymeric material and whereby a permeable composite structure is formed by a second polymeric material in the at least one fibrous layer, in that the hollow spaces which are formed between fibers of the at least one fibrous layer are filled partially with the second polymeric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Arved Westerkamp, Robert Crook, Robert Eberhardt
  • Patent number: 7691237
    Abstract: This invention relates to a belt for transferring an in-production fibrous web, in particular a paper web or paperboard web, in a machine area of a machine producing the fibrous web, in particular a paper machine or paperboard machine, including at least one textile substrate and a coating, which is applied to the substrate and touches the in-production fibrous web, for obtaining a partial or complete impermeability of the belt. The inventive belt has at least one continuously differencing characteristic in at least one region across its overall width. Also, this invention relates to a machine, in particular a paper machine or paperboard machine, for producing a fibrous web, in particular a paper web or paperboard web, as well as to a use of a belt for transferring an in-production fibrous web, in particular a paper web or paperboard web, in one machine area or between two machine areas of a machine producing the fibrous web, in particular a paper machine or paperboard machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Voith Paper GmbH
    Inventor: Arved Westerkamp
  • Publication number: 20090199988
    Abstract: The invention relates to a press fabric, especially a press felt, for a machine for the production of a fibrous web, especially paper or cardboard, which is fluid permeable and which includes an elastomer polymeric material. The invention is characterized in that the total weight component of the elastomer polymeric material contained in the press fabric is more than 50%, preferably more than 60% of the total weight of the press fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Arved Westerkamp, Robert Eberhardt
  • Patent number: 7571746
    Abstract: A paper making composite forming fabric including paper side weft and warp yarns and wear side warp yarns and bindery yarns. The paper side wefts and the binder yarns being interwoven with the paper side warp yarns. The binder yarns being interwoven with the wear side warps. A total number of paper side and wear side warp yarns per weave repeat is greater than 24. An internal binder float length is between 2 and 4. The fabric has an interchange points percentage value of less than 20 and a binder interchange points as a percentage of total machine direction yarns value of less than 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Stewart Lister Hay, Arved Westerkamp
  • Publication number: 20090186546
    Abstract: A press fabric for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, including a carrying structure and a plurality of layers on one web material contact side of the carrying structure, whereby polymeric material is contained in at least one of the layers of fibrous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Arved Westerkamp, Robert Crook, Robert Eberhardt
  • Publication number: 20090186544
    Abstract: A belt for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, including a carrying structure and, on one web material contact side of the carrying structure, a fibrous material with polymeric material contained therein. A bulk of the polymeric material is provided in a volumetric area of the fibrous material which is close to a web material contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Arved Westerkamp, Hubert Walkenhaus, Robert Crook
  • Publication number: 20090169804
    Abstract: A press fabric for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, including a carrying structure and at least one layer of fibrous material, which is firmly bonded with the carrying structure, at least one layer of fibrous material containing polymeric material at least partially coating fibers of this layer with a polymeric film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Arved Westerkamp, Robert Crook, Robert Eberhardt
  • Publication number: 20090163104
    Abstract: The invention relates to a press fabric for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, including a carrying structure and at least one layer of fibrous material, whereby at least one of the layers of fibrous material, together with a polymeric material forms a permeable composite structure whereby the polymeric material partially fills and/or bridges the hollow spaces which are formed between fibers in this layer. The polymeric material forms a single component and permeable polymeric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Arved Westerkamp, Hubert Walkenhaus, Robert Eberhardt
  • Publication number: 20080254273
    Abstract: A fabric comprising a plurality of coiled yarns arranged in side-by-side intermeshing relationship and having elongated pintles extending through intermeshed portions of the yarn. Elongated stuffer elements extend through central portion of each of the coils in between adjacent pintles. The stuffer elements respond to a given input after insertion to expand and fill the central portions of each of the coils. The input may be temperature, light, sound, chemical and tension. In one form, the stuffer elements formed from auxetic material which is placed in tension, after insertion, to cause the stuffer elements to expand and reduce the permeability of the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Torben Schlieckau, Berry Brockotter, Mark Hodson, Arved Westerkamp, Antony Morton
  • Publication number: 20080213533
    Abstract: A paper machine clothing includes a reinforcing matrix, which includes a plurality of linear reinforcing elements oriented in at least three different directions and/or non-linear reinforcing elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Arved Westerkamp, Hubert Walkenhaus
  • Publication number: 20080035231
    Abstract: Paper making composite forming fabric comprising paper side weft and warp yarns, wear side warp yarns and binder yarns, wherein the paper side wefts and the binder yarns are interwoven with the paper side warp yarns, and wherein the binder yarns are interwoven with the wear side warps, wherein the total number of paper side and wear side warp yarns per weave repeat is greater than 24.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Stewart Lister Hay, Arved Westerkamp
  • Publication number: 20070277951
    Abstract: A covering for paper machines, paperboard machines or tissue machines, which is constructed from a construction kit includes a plurality of prefabricated web-shaped material layers. Each web-shaped material layer is configured dependent upon a category and operating conditions of the covering, and the plurality of prefabricated web-shaped material layers are stacked atop one another and are joined to one another at least in sections, two-dimensionally, and in a manner that prevents the plurality of prefabricated web-shaped material layers from being detached. The invention also relates to a method for producing the inventive covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventor: Arved Westerkamp
  • Publication number: 20070218815
    Abstract: Machine and method for producing web material. The machine includes at least one transport belt structured and arranged for transporting the web material, a plurality of rolls over which the at least one transport belt is guided, and a treatment apparatus, assigned to the at least one transport belt, composed of at least one treatment unit structured and arranged to roughing up a surface of the at least one transport belt. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: VOITH PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Arved Westerkamp, Martin Ringer, Pia Nord, Robert Koplin