Patents by Inventor Thomas Broch
Thomas Broch 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).
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Patent number: 11246766Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a nonwoven fabric comprising forming polymer fibers from a melt of the polymer material and using these fibers to obtain a nonwoven fabric during a subsequent nonwoven fabric formation procedure, wherein the melt of the polymer material comprises a melt additive, wherein the method comprises thermal bonding at a temperature higher than 40° C. below the melting point of the polymer material and, additionally, one or both of the following steps: a. improving the mobility of the additive by heat-treating the nonwoven fabric at 100° C. or more for 0.1 seconds or more after the nonwoven fabric formation procedure and/or including a filler having a higher thermal conductivity than the polymer material to the polymer material; b. influencing the polymer crystallinity by including a nucleating agent, branched polymers and/or random co-polymers to the polymer material.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: FIBERTEX PERSONAL CARE A/SInventors: Brian Udengaard, Barbara Harling Hede, Thomas Broch
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Publication number: 20210386905Abstract: Material webs suitable for use in conjunction with disposable absorbent articles are disclosed herein. The material webs comprise a melt additive that when subjected to thermal energy may be encouraged to bloom across the entirety of the web or in localized areas of the web where localized thermal energy is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Torsten LINDNER, Olaf Erik Alexander ISELE, Gueltekin ERDEM, Misael Omar AVILES, Holger BERUDA, Jan CLAUSSEN, Kelyn Anne ARORA, Nathan Ray WHITELY, Franz Josef LANYI, Dirk Wolfram SCHUBERT, Barbara Harling HEDE, Thomas BROCH, Morten Rise HANSEN, Brian UDENGAARD
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Patent number: 11129919Abstract: Material webs suitable for use in conjunction with disposable absorbent articles are disclosed herein. The material webs comprise a melt additive that when subjected to thermal energy may be encouraged to bloom across the entirety of the web or in localized areas of the web where localized thermal energy is applied.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Torsten Lindner, Olaf Erik Alexander Isele, Gueltekin Erdem, Misael Omar Aviles, Holger Beruda, Jan Claussen, Kelyn Anne Arora, Nathan Ray Whitely, Franz Josef Lanyi, Dirk Wolfram Schubert, Barbara Harling Hede, Thomas Broch, Morten Rise Hansen, Brian Udengaard
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Patent number: 11021821Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a spunbonded high loft nonwoven web comprising crimped multicomponent fibers, the process comprising continuously spinning the fibers, directing the fibers to a spin-belt by deflectors and/or air streams, laying down the fibers on the spinbelt and pre-consolidating the fibers after laydown using one or more pre-consolidation rollers to form a pre-consolidated web, wherein a first component of the fibers comprises a PP homopolymer and a second component of the fibers comprises a PP/PE copolymer, wherein the pre-consolidation rollers are operated at a temperature of smaller 110° C. and/or a linear contact force of smaller 5 N/mm.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignees: FIBERTEX PERSONAL CARE A/S, REIFENHAUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIKInventors: Morten Rise Hansen, Thomas Broch, Sebastian Sommer
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Patent number: 11021820Abstract: The invention relates to a fabric comprising at least one high loft spunbond nonwoven layer having crimped multicomponent fibers, wherein a first component of the multicomponent fibers comprises a first polymer A and a second component of the multicomponent fibers comprises a blend of the first polymer A and a second polymer B, wherein the melt flow rate of polymer A is at least 25% higher than the melt flow rate of polymer B and wherein the second component comprises at least 40 wt.-% of polymer B.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignees: FIBERTEX PERSONAL CARE A/S, REIFENHAUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIKInventors: Morten Rise Hansen, Thomas Broch, Sebastian Sommer
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Publication number: 20190316284Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a spunbonded high loft nonwoven web comprising crimped multicomponent fibers, the process comprising continuously spinning the fibers, directing the fibers to a spin-belt by deflectors and/or air streams, laying down the fibers on the spinbelt and pre-consolidating the fibers after laydown using one or more pre-consolidation rollers to form a pre-consolidated web, wherein a first component of the fibers comprises a PP homopolymer and a second component of the fibers comprises a PP/PE copolymer, wherein the pre-consolidation rollers are operated at a temperature of smaller 110° C. and/or a linear contact force of smaller 5 N/mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: Fibertex Personal Care A/S, Reifenhauser GmbH & Co. KG MaschinenfabrikInventors: Morten Rise Hansen, Thomas Broch, Sebastian Sommer
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Patent number: 10435829Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a spunbonded high loft nonwoven web comprising crimped multicomponent fibers, the process comprising continuously spinning the fibers, directing the fibers to a spin-belt by deflectors and/or air streams, laying down the fibers on the spinbelt and pre-consolidating the fibers after laydown using one or more pre-consolidation rollers to form a pre-consolidated web, wherein a first component of the fibers comprises a PP homopolymer and a second component of the fibers comprises a PP/PE copolymer, wherein the pre-consolidation rollers are operated at a temperature of smaller 110° C. and/or a linear contact force of smaller 5 N/mm.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignees: Fibertex Personal Care A/S, Reifenhauser GmbH & Co. KG MaschinenfabrikInventors: Morten Rise Hansen, Thomas Broch, Sebastian Sommer
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Publication number: 20190070045Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a nonwoven fabric comprising forming polymer fibers from a melt of the polymer material and using these fibers to obtain a nonwoven fabric during a subsequent nonwoven fabric formation procedure, wherein the melt of the polymer material comprises a melt additive, wherein the method comprises thermal bonding at a temperature higher than 40° C. below the melting point of the polymer material and, additionally, one or both of the following steps: a. improving the mobility of the additive by heat-treating the nonwoven fabric at 100° C. or more for 0.1 seconds or more after the nonwoven fabric formation procedure and/or including a filler having a higher thermal conductivity than the polymer material to the polymer material; b. influencing the polymer crystallinity by including a nucleating agent, branched polymers and/or random co-polymers to the polymer material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Brian UDENGAARD, Barbara Harling HEDE, Thomas BROCH
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Publication number: 20180002850Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a spunbonded high loft nonwoven web comprising crimped multicomponent fibers, the process comprising continuously spinning the fibers, directing the fibers to a spin-belt by deflectors and/or air streams, laying down the fibers on the spinbelt and pre-consolidating the fibers after laydown using one or more pre-consolidation rollers to form a pre-consolidated web, wherein a first component of the fibers comprises a PP homopolymer and a second component of the fibers comprises a PP/PE copolymer, wherein the pre-consolidation rollers are operated at a temperature of smaller 110° C. and/or a linear contact force of smaller 5 N/mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Morten Rise Hansen, Thomas Broch, Sebastian Sommer
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Publication number: 20170335498Abstract: The invention relates to a fabric comprising at least one high loft spunbond nonwoven layer having crimped multicomponent fibers, wherein a first component of the multicomponent fibers comprises a first polymer A and a second component of the multicomponent fibers comprises a blend of the first polymer A and a second polymer B, wherein the melt flow rate of polymer A is at least 25% higher than the melt flow rate of polymer B and wherein the second component comprises at least 40 wt.-% of polymer B.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Morten Rise Hansen, Thomas Broch, Sebastian Sommer
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Publication number: 20170258955Abstract: Material webs suitable for use in conjunction with disposable absorbent articles are disclosed herein. The material webs comprise a melt additive that when subjected to thermal energy may be encouraged to bloom across the entirety of the web or in localized areas of the web where localized thermal energy is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Torsten Lindner, Olaf Erik Alexander Isele, Gueltekin Erdem, Misael Omar Aviles, Holger Beruda, Jan Claussen, Kelyn Anne Arora, Nathan Ray Whitely, Franz Josef Lanyl, Dirk Wolfram Schubert, Barbara Harling Hede, Thomas Broch, Morten Rise Hansen, Brian Udengaard
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Publication number: 20110124255Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for coating a polymer nonwoven comprising the steps of: plasma and/or corona assisted treatment of the surface of the nonwoven to obtain a charged and/or polar surface; and formation of a first coating layer comprising at least one first charged and/or polar species, the first species being a hydrophilic polymer, wherein the overall charge or partial charge facing the nonwoven surface of the first species carries the opposite sign from the average charge introduced to the nonwoven fiber surface in step a).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: FIBERTEX A/SInventors: Thomas Broch-Nielsen, Jens Bøndergaard, Flemming Besenbacher, Peter Kingshott
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Publication number: 20090227164Abstract: A superhydrophobic coating of a nonwoven material is coated with a spongy mesh structure in the micro and nano ranges.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventors: Thomas Broch-Nielsen, Jens Bondergaard, Flemming Besenbacher, Peter Kingshott, Søren Mølgaard
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Publication number: 20060052023Abstract: The invention relates to a nonwoven material having elastic properties aligned in one direction, consisting of either one multilayer composite including at least one layer in which fibers or filaments made of an elastic polymer are contained, or of a homogeneous fiber and filament mix in which a portion of the fibers consists of an elastic polymer, wherein in each case a larger part of the fibers or filaments is aligned in a direction under the application of heat which extends transversely to the direction in which the nonwoven material is elastic. The invention furthermore relates to a method for the manufacture of the nonwoven material and to an apparatus to carry out the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2003Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Keld Lauridsen, Mette Due, Jorgen Madsen, Thomas Broch-Nielsen