Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Vander Heiden

Daniel J. Vander Heiden 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).

  • Method of applying a foam composition onto a tissue and tissue products formed therefrom
    Patent number: 6607783
    Abstract: A method for foaming a liquid-based composition, such as a softening composition, onto a tissue is provided. The foam composition can be formed in a foam generator by combining the liquid-based composition and a gas, such as air. The foam composition has a blow ratio, i.e, ratio of air volume to liquid volume, greater than about 3:1. Moreover, the foam composition is also generally stable such that it has a half-life greater than about 3 minutes. In one embodiment, a tissue product having elevated regions and non-elevated regions can be foamed with a foam composition such that the elevated regions are applied with a greater amount of the foam composition than the non-elevated regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Vander Heiden, Wen Schroeder, Alexander F. Gunn
  • Method and apparatus for controlling the cutting and placement of components on a moving substrate, and article made therewith
    Patent number: 5286543
    Abstract: A distinctive apparatus and method for selectively providing predetermined segments of web material comprises a supplying mechanism for providing the web material. A first sensing mechanism detects a reference marker on the web material to generate at least one reference marker datum which is associated with a selected web segment. A separating mechanism includes a sensor mechanism for providing at least one separation datum, and divides the web material along a separation region during a production of the web segment. A phase regulating mechanism controls a relative phasing between the reference marker detected by the first sensing mechanism and the dividing by the separating mechanism. The phasing is conducted with respect to a set reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Tanakon Ungpiyakul, Christopher J. Sheleski, Arch D. Morgan, Terry G. Hayes, Gene M. Gregory, Daniel J. Vander Heiden
  • Method and apparatus for controlling the cutting and placement of components on a moving substrate
    Patent number: 5235515
    Abstract: A distinctive apparatus and method for selectively providing predetermined segments of web material comprises a supplying mechanism for providing the web material. A first sensing mechanism detects a reference marker on the web material to generate at least one reference marker datum which is associated with a selected web segment. A separating mechanism includes a sensor mechanism for providing at least one separation datum, and divides the web material along a separation region during a production of the web segment. A phase regulating mechanism controls a relative phasing between the reference marker detected by the first sensing mechanism and the dividing by the separating mechanism. The phasing is conducted with respect to a set reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Tanakon Ungpiyakul, Christopher J. Sheleski, Arch D. Morgan, Terry G. Hayes, Gene M. Gregory, Daniel J. Vander Heiden