Patents by Inventor Thomas Scherb

Thomas Scherb 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 and an apparatus for manufacturing and drying a fiber web provided with a three-dimensional surface structure
    Publication number: 20050166418
    Abstract: An apparatus for dewatering a fiber web in a paper machine includes a heated drying surface, a permeable fabric carrying the fiber web, and a condensing region adjacent a portion of the permeable fabric on a side opposite the fiber web. The fiber web is interposed between and contacts each of the heated drying surface and the permeable fabric. The condensation region has: a) a temperature which is less than a temperature of the permeable fabric; and/or b) a pressure which is greater than an ambient pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Stevan Lomic, Jeffrey Herman, Thomas Scherb
  • Press section and permeable belt in a paper machine
    Publication number: 20050167068
    Abstract: A belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and a permeable belt having a side in pressing contact over a portion of the exterior surface of the roll. The permeable belt having a tension of at least 30 KN/m applied thereto. The side of the permeable belt having an open area of at least approximately 25%, and a contact area of at least approximately 25%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Jeffrey Herman, Thomas Scherb, Luiz Silva
  • Method and an apparatus for manufacturing a three-dimensional surface structure web
    Publication number: 20050126031
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a fiber web, in particular a web of tissue or hygiene material, provided with a three-dimensional surface structure, whereby the fiber web is pressed at a dry content of <35% onto an imprinting fabric by way of a first pressure field and is thereby pre-imprinted and the fiber web is guided through at least one other pressure field, and at least one of dewatering and drying the fiber web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Jeffrey Herman, David Beck, Thomas Scherb
  • Method for the production of a web of tissue material
    Publication number: 20050098282
    Abstract: Method and machine for production of a web of tissue material. The method includes supplying at least two stock grades to a multilayer flow box, winding up the tissue web on a reel of a reel-up, and influencing the hardness of the reel produced in a predefinable way. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Scherb