Patents by Inventor Jay H. Vreeland

Jay H. Vreeland 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 finishing paper utilizing substrata thermal molding
    Patent number: 4749445
    Abstract: Disclosed in a process for producing gloss and smoothness on the surface of a paper web, comprising:A. advancing a web of papermaking fibers through a nip formed by a smooth metal finishing drum and a resilient backing roll; andB. heating the drum to a temperature at least high enough to heat a substrata portion of the web to a temperature in which gloss and smoothness rapidly increase with increasing temperature due to thermoplastic molding of the substrata beneath the surface and at a temperature higher than where substantial gloss and smoothness would have already been obtained by molding of the surface of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: S. D. Warren Company
    Inventor: Jay H. Vreeland
  • Method of finishing paper utilizing substrata thermal molding
    Patent number: 4624744
    Abstract: Disclosed in a process for producing gloss and smoothness on the surface of a paper web, comprising:A. advancing a web of papermaking fibers through a nip formed by a smooth metal finishing drum and a resilient backing roll; andB. heating the drum to a temperature at least high enough to heat a substrate portion of the web to a temperature in which gloss and smoothness rapidly increase with increasing temperature due to thermoplastic molding of the substrate beneath the surface and at a temperature higher than where substantial gloss and smoothness would have already been obtained by molding of the surface of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: S. D. Warren Company
    Inventor: Jay H. Vreeland
  • Method of finishing coated paper
    Patent number: 4112192
    Abstract: Production of high-gloss coated paper with heated calendering apparatus through the use of a coating composition comprising pigment and a hard latex binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Scott Paper Company
    Inventor: Jay H. Vreeland