Patents by Inventor Frédéric Noelle

Frédéric Noelle 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).

  • Publication number: 20090068394
    Abstract: The use, as the female part of a hook-and-loop fastener, of a nonwoven (25) which has openings, on the lateral walls of which the entangled filaments are intact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: RIETER PERFOJET
    Inventors: Frederic Noelle, Sophie Roussel
  • Patent number: 7500293
    Abstract: A drum for processing nonwovens has a perforated lateral surface and an interior divided into first and second compartments, respectively associated with first and second lateral surface portions of the drum. A partial vacuum in each of the compartments aspirates and secures a tangentially-engaged nonwoven preform against the lateral surface of the drum for further processing. The drum may be incorporated in a production unit or installation including a spunbond tower for spinning filaments to form the nonwoven preform for tangential delivery to the drum. The resulting nonwoven may thereby be provided with uniform properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Rieter Perfojet
    Inventor: Frederic Noelle
  • Patent number: 7392575
    Abstract: The invention concerns a machine for producing a nonwoven fabric comprising a conveyor for transmitting a mat to means designed to compact same in thickness and means designed to reduce the speed of the web while it is being compacted, by the compacting means, thereby obtaining an enhanced ratio of properties lengthwise relative to crosswise properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Rieter Perfojet
    Inventor: Frédéric Noelle
  • Publication number: 20080092350
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drum wherein the lateral surface thereof is provided with perforations that are separated by full parts from recessed parts and which are present on the full parts with an outer lateral surface. Application: in an entanglement machine for a nonwoven, using water jets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: RIETER PERFOJET
    Inventors: Frederic Noelle, Christian Decolin
  • Patent number: 7350724
    Abstract: The invention concerns a water spraying device comprising a filter and a perforated plate which can be removed by being slid respectively through an opening or a hole emerging into a well provided in the body. A pin being inserted in the well to maintain two plugs of the opening and of the holes when the pin is entirely inserted in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Rieter Perfojet
    Inventors: Frédéric Noelle, Christian Decolin
  • Patent number: 7350279
    Abstract: A drum for processing nonwovens has a perforated lateral surface and an interior divided into first and second compartments, respectively associated with first and second lateral surface portions of the drum. A partial vacuum in each of the compartments aspirates and secures a tangentially-engaged nonwoven preform against the lateral surface of the drum for further processing. The drum may be incorporated in a production unit or installation including a spunbond tower for spinning filaments to form the nonwoven preform for tangential delivery to the drum. The resulting nonwoven may thereby be provided with uniform properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Rieter Perfojet
    Inventor: Frédéric Noelle
  • Publication number: 20080066274
    Abstract: A drum for processing nonwovens has a perforated lateral surface and an interior divided into first and second compartments, respectively associated with first and second lateral surface portions of the drum. A partial vacuum in each of the compartments aspirates and secures a tangentially-engaged nonwoven preform against the lateral surface of the drum for further processing. The drum may be incorporated in a production unit or installation including a spunbond tower for spinning filaments to form the nonwoven preform for tangential delivery to the drum. The resulting nonwoven may thereby be provided with uniform properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: RIETER PERFOJET
    Inventor: Frederic Noelle
  • Publication number: 20080045107
    Abstract: The machine for the production of a nonwoven comprises an expanding device which is arranged in-between a first consolidation by water jets and a second consolidation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: RIETER PERFOJET
    Inventors: Andre Michalon, Frederic Noelle
  • Publication number: 20070271749
    Abstract: A nonwoven production machine includes a spun-bond tower for extruding filaments and associated apparatus for forming the filaments into a web that is consolidated by water jets, a web that is calendered and then softened by water jets, or a web that is only calendered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Frederic Noelle, Andre Michalon
  • Patent number: 7290314
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a complex nonwoven fabric which consists in continuously producing a complex wherein a first web of a cellulosic fibres is continuously sandwiched between two webs of spunbonded filaments, and which consists in: producing a first web of spunbonded filaments, the bundle of extruded and drawn filaments being received on a mobile conveyor belt in the form of a non-bonded lap; depositing on said web by airlaid process a second web of cellulosic fibres; depositing on the textile web a second web of non-bonded continuous filaments; transferring the resulting complex onto an installation for water-jet bonding and hydro-entanglement consolidation; and in drying the nonwoven mixed product and then recuperating it, for example in the form of a cloth wind-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Rieter Perfojet
    Inventors: Andre Vuillaume, Frederic Noelle
  • Publication number: 20070212436
    Abstract: A machine for the production of a nonwoven, comprises a spun-bond tower and a conveyor, a consolidation device, a vacuum for expressing the moisture from the web, and an applicator for applying a product to the web downstream of the vacuum are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventor: Frederic Noelle
  • Publication number: 20070180671
    Abstract: In this machine for forming patterns on a nonwoven, which includes a rotary drum (29) surrounded by a sleeve (30), the sleeve is coated with a nickel or copper coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventor: Frederic Noelle
  • Publication number: 20070173163
    Abstract: The invention concerns an installation for nonwoven production, characterized in that it comprises a spunbonded web plant whereof the die is inclined at an angle of 10 to 60° and preferably of 20 to 50° relative to the displacement direction of a conveyor and preferably two spunbonded web plants whereof the dies have opposite inclinations, said conveyor whereon filaments are deposited from the die(s) in the form of a web, a station for compressing the thus formed web into a web compressed perpendicular to its plane, optionally a station for calendering the compressed web, followed by a station for consolidating by pressurized water jet spray the compressed and optionally calendered web with a jet spraying machine comprising a metal fabric whereof the wires have a diameter between 0.10 and 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Applicant: RIETER PERFOJET
    Inventors: Frederic Noelle, Cedric Laurent
  • Publication number: 20070042662
    Abstract: In this nonwoven production machine, filaments are projected by a spunbond tower (1 to 4) into the nip between two rolls (6, 7) and the web formed in the nip is taken up onto a horizontal conveyor (19) by applying an underpressure inside one of the rolls (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Inventors: Frédéric Noelle, Rolf Joest, Peter Anderegg
  • Patent number: 7178210
    Abstract: The invention concerns an installation for producing non-woven textile webs comprising a conveyor on one side of which the non-woven textile web passes between an injector and a vacuum chamber driven in an oscillating motion. The resulting web bears no mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Rieter Perfojet
    Inventors: Frédéric Noelle, Jean-Michel Dubus
  • Patent number: 7156327
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for spraying water, provided with a seal support (21) arranged between the body (1) and the perforated sheet (23) and in contact with the above. The seal support is mounted such as to be able to be removed from the body (1) with the joint (20). The above finds application in the production of non-woven materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Rieter Perfojet
    Inventors: Frédéric Noelle, Christian Decolin
  • Publication number: 20060286887
    Abstract: The invention concerns an installation for producing a nonwoven fabric comprising a spun bond lathe depositing a web of filaments on a first conveyor, the mat being consolidated on a first mobile element by entangling means. The invention is characterized in that it comprises means for passing, without any change in ratio, the mat of filaments on a first mobile element whereon the mat is consolidated by hydro-entangling means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventor: Frederic Noelle
  • Publication number: 20060191116
    Abstract: Nonwoven comprising a core layer made of wood fibres, wherein covering layers comprising continuous polylactic acir or polyvinyl alcohol filaments are applied on both sides of the core layer. The nonwoven is biodegradable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventor: Frederic Noelle
  • Publication number: 20060080816
    Abstract: The invention concerns a machine for producing a nonwoven fabric comprising a conveyor for transmitting a mat to means designed to compact same in thickness and means designed to reduce the speed of the web while it is being compacted, by the compacting means, thereby obtaining an enhanced ratio of properties lengthwise relative to crosswise properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventor: Frederic Noelle
  • Publication number: 20060071093
    Abstract: The invention concerns a water spraying device comprising a filter and a perforated plate which can be removed by being slid respectively through an opening or a hole emerging into a well provided in the body. A pin being inserted in the well. to maintain two plugs of the opening and of the holes when the pin is entirely inserted in the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Rieter Perfojet
    Inventors: Frederic Noelle, Christian Decolin