Patents by Inventor Dirk Butz

Dirk Butz 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: 8557269
    Abstract: A paper tissue and products made from paper tissue, such as paper handkerchiefs, facial tissues, bath and cosmetic tissues, paper tissue wipes of any kinds and the like. The invention describes both the process for making a smooth and absorbent lotioned paper tissue, with high transferability of the lotion. The process steps comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper tissue web continuously moving next to a lotion application unit comprising at least one rotating surface, (b) transferring said lotion onto one rotating surface,’(c) expulsing said lotion from the said rotating surface into a stream of lotion droplets, by primarily the centrifugal force of the rotation of said rotating surface, (d) intercepting said paper tissue with said stream of lotion droplets. The invention also describes a paper tissue comprising a lotion distributed as discrete deposits on its surface. The deposits have a high local concentration of lotion and cover a relatively small area of the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joerg Kleinwaechter, Dirk Butz, Curtis Allen Marcott, Luigi Di Girolamo
  • Publication number: 20050238682
    Abstract: A paper tissue and products made from paper tissue, such as paper handkerchiefs, facial tissues, bath and cosmetic tissues, paper tissue wipes of any kinds and the like. The invention also relates to tissue paper including deposits of lotions on the surface of the tissue paper that protrude a significant height above the average plan of the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: John Anast, Ronald Warner, Joerg Kleinwaechter, Dirk Butz
  • Publication number: 20050238700
    Abstract: A paper tissue and products made from paper tissue, such as paper handkerchiefs, facial tissues, bath and cosmetic tissues, paper tissue wipes of any kinds and the like. The invention describes both the process for making a smooth and absorbent lotioned paper tissue, with high transferability of the lotion. The process steps comprises the steps of (a) providing a paper tissue web continuously moving next to a lotion application unit comprising at least one rotating surface, (b) transferring said lotion onto one rotating surface,’(c) expulsing said lotion from the said rotating surface into a stream of lotion droplets, by primarily the centrifugal force of the rotation of said rotating surface, (d) intercepting said paper tissue with said stream of lotion droplets. The invention also describes a paper tissue comprising a lotion distributed as discrete deposits on its surface. The deposits have a high local concentration of lotion and cover a relatively small area of the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Joerg Kleinwaechter, Dirk Butz, Curtis Marcott, Luigi Di Girolamo
  • Publication number: 20040221975
    Abstract: A fibrous structure comprising a cationic silicone polymer comprising one or more polysiloxane units and one or more non-pendant quaternary nitrogen moieties, and a method for making such a fibrous structure is provided. Further, a sanitary tissue product comprising the fibrous structure is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Diego Antonio Hernandez-Munoa, Joerg Kleinwaechter, Dirk Butz