Patents by Inventor Richard Harvey Conn

Richard Harvey Conn 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).

  • Creping foil for redirecting dust
    Patent number: 7718037
    Abstract: A creping foil having a machine direction, cross machine direction, and Z-direction normal to a plane formed by machine direction and cross machine directions. The creping foil also has a front face, back face, and bottom side. The front face has one or more top conduits with one or more upper pipes integrally mounted therein. The one or more upper pipes are rotatable about an axis in the cross machine direction and have one or more upper diameter holes. The bottom side has one or more bottom conduits with one or more lower pipes integrally mounted therein. The one or more lower pipes are rotatable about an axis in the cross machine direction and have one or more lower diameter holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Harvey Conn, Donald Wilson Adams, Jr., Mitchell Alan Malcolm
  • Creping blade with a highly smooth bevel surface
    Patent number: 7691236
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a doctor blade comprising: a body having a thickness, a sharp leading side, a trailing side, and working end comprising a bevel surface, wherein the bevel surface is defined by a leading edge and a trailing edge, and wherein the Ra of the bevel surface is from about 1 ?-in to about 7 ?-in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter + Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Harvey Conn, Robert Charles Dreisig
  • Creping foil for redirecting dust
    Publication number: 20080264592
    Abstract: A creping foil having a machine direction, cross machine direction, and Z-direction normal to a plane formed by machine direction and cross machine directions. The creping foil also has a front face, back face, and bottom side. The front face has one or more top conduits with one or more upper pipes integrally mounted therein. The one or more upper pipes are rotatable about an axis in the cross machine direction and have one or more upper diameter holes. The bottom side has one or more bottom conduits with one or more lower pipes integrally mounted therein. The one or more lower pipes are rotatable about an axis in the cross machine direction and have one or more lower diameter holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Harvey Conn, Donald Wilson Adams, Mitchell Alan Malcolm
  • Creping blade
    Patent number: 7431801
    Abstract: A creping blade including a body having a leading side, a trailing side, and working end including a bevel surface. The bevel surface is defined by a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the trailing edge of the creping blade has a trailing edge radius of greater than about 0.001 inches (about 0.0254 mm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Harvey Conn, Kerry Paul Robb, Robert Charles Dreisig
  • Creping blade with a highly smooth bevel surface
    Publication number: 20080023168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a doctor blade comprising: a body having a thickness, a sharp leading side, a trailing side, and working end comprising a bevel surface, wherein the bevel surface is defined by a leading edge and a trailing edge, and wherein the Ra of the bevel surface is from about 1 ?-in to about 7 ?-in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Harvey Conn, Robert Charles Dreisig