Plural Paper Components Patents (Class 428/154)
  • Patent number: 11655573
    Abstract: Novel fibrous structures that contain filaments, and optionally, solid additives, such as fibers, for example wood pulp fibers, sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures, and methods for making such fibrous structures and/or sanitary tissue products are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Michael Donald Suer, Christopher Michael Young, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Mattias Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11363917
    Abstract: Toilet paper includes a first sheet on which first embossments are formed and a second sheet on which second embossments are formed. The first sheet and the second sheet are joined together in a nested manner, and at least some embossments in one of the first embossments and the second embossments are arranged on a first curve having a sine-wave shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shohei Yoshida, Shinichi Warashina
  • Patent number: 11332937
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate roofing membranes that may include at least one first layer including a first plurality of protrusions; at least one second layer including a second plurality of protrusions; and a plurality of inner regions disposed between a raised protrusion of the first plurality of protrusions and a raised protrusion of the second plurality of protrusions. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods of forming roofing membranes. The methods may include applying a blowable ink onto at least one porous layer; sandwiching the at least one porous layer between the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer; and expanding the blowable ink, so as to form the first plurality of protrusions, the second plurality of protrusions, and the plurality of inner regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: BMIC LLC
    Inventors: Yan Zheng, Yixi Xiao
  • Patent number: 11280051
    Abstract: Disclosed are multi-ply embossed tissue products having improved softness, strength, embossment clarity and/or embossment height compared to prior art embossed tissue products. The multi-ply tissue products may comprise an embossed tissue ply having a basis weight less than about 25 grams per square meter (gsm) and relatively deep embossments, such as an embossment height from about 500 to about 1,000 ?m and relatively narrow bottom portions compared to top portions. The combination of these elements provides an aesthetically pleasing and well-defined embossment, while improving important tissue product properties such as sheet and roll bulk and softness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Tsutama Satake Neto, Jorge Alonso Duran, Patricia Câmara Mileo
  • Patent number: 11124921
    Abstract: The present invention provides multi-ply tissue products having distinctly different first and second outer surfaces or sides. The two-sidedness is generally provided by forming one of the surfaces from a tissue ply having a plurality of macrofolds and the other side from a substantially planar tissue ply. The first ply may be attached to the second ply at transversely spaced apart points by a conventional means, such as crimping. Macrofolds, which may be differently sized and shaped, may generally have a wave-like structure with a transversely orientated void that extends between the spaced apart points of attachment. The combination of these elements provides a tissue product that is both aesthetically pleasing and well suited to cleaning due to the large amount of surface area created by the macrofolds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: Tsutama Satake Neto, Jorge Alonso Duran, Patricia Camara Mileo, Alessandro Lopes, Marcelo Logiodice Cardoso
  • Patent number: 11111633
    Abstract: The present invention provides multi-ply tissue products having distinctly different first and second outer surfaces or sides. The two-sidedness is generally provided by forming one of the surfaces from a tissue ply having a plurality of macrofolds and the other side from a substantially planar tissue ply. The first ply may be attached to the second ply at longitudinally spaced apart points that define a macrofold therebetween. The length of tissue between the points of attachment may form a wave-like structure having an amplitude and wavelength and having a transversely orientated void that extends from a first edge to a second edge of the tissue. The combination of these elements provides a tissue product that is both aesthetically pleasing and well suited to cleaning due to the large amount of surface area created by the macrofolds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventors: Tsutama Satake Neto, Patricia Camara Mileo, Jorge Alonso Duran
  • Patent number: 10766235
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-perforated reinforced stretch film comprising: a base film which has a thickness in the range of 3 ?m to 18 ?m, and 5 to 100 reinforcing strips fixed on at least one surface of said base film, wherein the width of each reinforcing strip is, independently, in the range of 1 mm to 17 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Megaplast S.A. Packaging Materials industry
    Inventors: Konstantinos G. Gatos, Anthony G. Karandinos
  • Patent number: 10676918
    Abstract: A drainage-promoting wrap for a building structure includes a weather-resistive membrane having a face with a series of separate, spaced-apart, spacer elements bonded thereto and projecting therefrom to a first predetermined height and an embossed membrane having embossments projecting from a face thereof to a second predetermined height. The weather-resistive membrane and embossed membrane are bonded together to form a double-sided drainage promoting wrap such that the spacer elements project from a first face of the wrap and the embossments project from an opposite face of the wrap. The first predetermined height may be greater than the second predetermined height. Wall and roof assemblies and a method of producing a wrap are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Benjamin Obdyke Incorporated
    Inventor: George Caruso
  • Patent number: 10660489
    Abstract: Apparatuses of a biodegradable magnetic toilet seat cover and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. In one embodiment, a biodegradable magnetic toilet seat cover includes a bottom layer configured to contact with a toilet seat, where the bottom layer is made to prevent elements on the toilet seat from permeating to a skin of a user, a top layer configured to contact with the user, where the top layer is made to provide a comfortable touch to the skin of the user, and a middle layer configured to hold the bottom layer and the top layer together, where the middle layer is further configured to hold the biodegradable magnetic toilet seat cover to the toilet seat magnetically. The biodegradable magnetic toilet seat cover may additionally or optionally include an anti-splashing flap formed with polyvinyl alcohol or viscose spunlace non-woven film, and where the anti-splashing flap is configured to prevent elements from the toilet to reach the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Inventor: Chi Chen Hsien
  • Patent number: 10654244
    Abstract: Products having improved ply bonding, moldability and drape and methods for making those products are described. The methods comprise producing a multi-ply adhesively bonded product comprising a pattern of uniformly spaced microembossed elements with a bond area of less than about 0.020 inches/sq. inch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
    Inventor: John H. Dwiggins
  • Patent number: 10422083
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a decorative tissue product, while controlling tensile degradation in a predicable fashion. The foregoing properties may be achieved using differential depth embossing in conjunction with an embossing pattern having particular characteristics. The use of an engraved roll, such as an embossing roll, having protuberances of differing depths and patterns not only improves the properties and characteristics of the fibrous structure, but may also be used to impart a unique pattern that provides the product with a distinctive look and is appealing to consumers. Generally the unique pattern results from a first set of protuberances having a first height and defining a first pattern and a second set of embossing elements having a second height and defining a second pattern, where the first height is greater than the second height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Tammy Lynn Baum, Benjamin Peter Sierra, James Leo Baggot, Eric Kent Isom, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9302806
    Abstract: A collapsible container having thick corrugated walls with double crease corners. The double crease corners define two 45° angles instead of one 90° to allow the container to maintain a generally rectangular shape and reduce the tendency of the side panels to bias outward when the container is filled with a flowable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Paper Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: David W. Perkins
  • Patent number: 9243368
    Abstract: Embossed fibrous structures having one or more line element embossments and one or more linear elements and to methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Andre Mellin, Jason Merrill Jones, Thomas Timothy Byrne, Kevin Benson McNeil, John Allen Manifold
  • Patent number: 9090040
    Abstract: An embossing roll for producing fibrous products, has a structurized embossing surface suitable to run against an anvil roll. The structurized embossing surface includes male protrusions or female depressions starting from a base circumferential surface of the roll. The embossing pattern includes the following features: the base areas of selected male protrusions or female depressions in the base circumferential surface are different; the heights or depths of selected male protrusions or selected female depressions in a radial direction of the roll and starting from the base circumferential surface are different; and the angles between sidewall sections and the adjacent base circumferential surface of selected male protrusions and/or female depressions are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Jurgen Sauter, Philippe Albouze
  • Patent number: 9034443
    Abstract: A multilayer papery material container includes at least one first sheet of a three-dimensional structure and at least one second sheet fixed to the first sheet and defining empty spaces therewith, wherein at least the second sheet is made of a papery material having a degree of extensibility of not less than 5% in all directions, and wherein the container includes a lateral wall provided with a relief motif.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Inventors: Giorgio Trani, Marion Sterner, Leonardo Andreotti, Marco Scatto
  • Patent number: 8936845
    Abstract: A multiply thin paper sheet having a press-to-bond structure is disclosed, including a first thin paper layer having a first stacking surface and at least one second thin paper layer having a second stacking surface. The first and second stacking surfaces are partially overlapped with each other to define a stacking zone provided between the first thin paper layer and the second thin paper layer. After the stacking zone is subjected to a rolling operation by a rolling pressure, a plurality of first pressed sections are formed on the first thin paper layer, having a predetermined height extended according to a given direction, and a plurality of second pressed sections are formed on the second thin paper layer according to the given direction and respectively corresponding to the first pressed sections of the first thin paper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Chan Li Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tung-I Tsai
  • Patent number: 8872040
    Abstract: A wiring structure includes: an insulating film formed over a substrate; a plurality of wirings formed on the insulating film; and an inducing layer, which is formed on the insulating film in a region between the plurality of wirings, a constituent atoms of the wirings are diffused in the inducing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kanki, Shoichi Suda, Yoshihiro Nakata
  • Patent number: 8834978
    Abstract: Spirally wound paper products are disclosed having desirable roll bulk, firmness and softness properties. The rolled products can be made from a multiple ply tissue webs formed according to various processes. Tissue webs having basis weights greater than about 40 grams per square meter were wound into rolls having a Kershaw roll firmness of less than about 9 mm and a roll bulk of greater than about 15 cc/g. Similarly, tissue webs having basis weights less than about 40 grams per square meter were wound into rolls having a Kershaw roll firmness of less than about 9 mm and a roll bulk of greater than about 18 cc/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Hermans, Samuel August Nelson, Paulin Pawar, Frank Stephen Hada, Robert Eugene Krautkramer
  • Publication number: 20140242340
    Abstract: A fibrous structure having a total dry tensile strength of greater than about 59 g/cm and at least one embossed ply having a surface thereof is disclosed. The surface has a surface area comprising from about 10.0 percent to about 20.0 percent line embossments. Also, a fibrous structure having at least two plies is disclosed. One of the two plies has a total dry tensile strength of greater than about 59 g/cm and at least one embossed ply having a surface thereof. The surface has a surface area comprising from about 10.0 percent to about 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: André MELLIN, Kevin Benson MCNEIL, Thomas Timothy BYRNE, Jason Merrill JONES
  • Patent number: 8753737
    Abstract: Embossed multi-ply fibrous structures and methods for making such embossed multi-ply fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Kevin Benson McNeil, Patrick John Buschur, Andre Mellin, Thomas Timothy Byrne, Mark Stephen Conroy
  • Publication number: 20140162024
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a cushioning product (88), comprising the following steps: providing a flat, longitudinal, two- or multilayered paper strip (10), wherein the individual layers (12, 14) of the paper strip (10) are connected to one another in at least some sections in a middle area (18) extending in the longitudinal direction, and wherein the individual layers (12, 14) of the paper strip (10) comprise marginal areas (20, 21, 22, 23) which are not connected to one another, opening adjacent marginal areas (20, 21, 22, 23) to form a paper strip (10) having a star-shaped cross section, and crumpling the paper strip (10) along the middle area (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: STOROPACK HANS REICHENECKER GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Deis, Jean-Marc Slovencik
  • Patent number: 8734975
    Abstract: A modular thermal management system for a battery in an electric vehicle is provided. In one embodiment, a modular thermal management system for a battery in an electric vehicle is provided. The modular system includes a plurality of manifold segments. Each of the manifold segments further comprises a plurality of fluid ports adapted to connect to a heat exchanger fin for a battery cell. Each manifold segment corresponds to a battery stack comprised of a plurality cells and heat exchanger fins. At least one manifold clip is provided for securing two adjacent manifold segments together. The manifold clip bridges the coupling joint and engages retention features on each of the two manifold segments in order to inhibiting separation longitudinally between the two manifold segments. A plurality of manifold clips are configured to secure a plurality of manifold segments together accommodate a plurality of battery stack configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Neil Robert Burrows, George Albert Garfinkel, Stephen Henry Gunderson
  • Publication number: 20140050890
    Abstract: Low slough, high basis weight tissue webs and products are provided. The tissue webs generally have basis weights greater than about 16 grams per square meter (gsm), while maintaining less than about 4 mg of slough. All while yielding tissue products that are both thick and soft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Peter Lee Carson, Michael William Smaby, Gary Lee Shanklin, Michael John Rekoske, Mike Thomas Goulet, Thomas Joseph Dyer, John Alexander Werner, IV
  • Patent number: 8652597
    Abstract: Spirally wound paper products are disclosed having desirable roll bulk, firmness and softness properties. The rolled products can be made from a multiple ply tissue webs formed according to various processes. Tissue webs having basis weights greater than about 40 grams per square meter were wound into rolls having a Kershaw roll firmness of less than about 9 mm and a roll bulk of greater than about 15 cc/g. Similarly, tissue webs having basis weights less than about 40 grams per square meter were wound into rolls having a Kershaw roll firmness of less than about 9 mm and a roll bulk of greater than about 18 cc/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Hermans, Samuel August Nelson, Paulin Pawar, Frank Stephen Hada, Robert Eugene Krautkramer
  • Patent number: 8551597
    Abstract: An airflow pad is disclosed that includes first and second external facings of paper material extending between edge portions of the panel and having interior portions disposed remotely from the edge portions. A low-density core of paper material disposed between and associating the external facings to provide stiffness to the panel. The pad defines a network of channels open at least one of the edge portions and at the interior portion of the first facing allowing airflow therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Hexacomb Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond A. Kowalski, John R. Welday
  • Patent number: 8518522
    Abstract: A multilayer papery material comprising at least one first sheet of three-dimensional structure and at least one second sheet fixedly coupled to the first sheet and defining empty spaces therein, wherein at least said second sheet is made of a papery material having a degree of extensibility of not less than 5% in all directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventors: Giorgio Trani, Marion Sterner, Leonardo Andreotti, Marco Scatto
  • Patent number: 8501302
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention comprise an off-set gear assembly for use in producing cushioning material and methods for using the same. Each gear of the off-set gear assembly has at least two sections. Each section includes a set of gear teeth. The gear teeth of the two sections can be rotationally off-set and this can result in the production of cushioning material with staggered ridges. Some embodiments of the present invention also comprising cushioning material with staggered ridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Nuevopak International Limited
    Inventors: Shek-wah Hau, Chak-sang Simon Chan
  • Patent number: 8481133
    Abstract: Spirally wound paper products are disclosed having desirable roll bulk, firmness and softness properties. The rolled products can be made from a multiple ply tissue webs formed according to various processes. Tissue webs having basis weights greater than about 40 grams per square meter were wound into rolls having a Kershaw roll firmness of less than about 9 mm and a roll bulk of greater than about 15 cc/g. Similarly, tissue webs having basis weights less than about 40 grams per square meter were wound into rolls having a Kershaw roll firmness of less than about 9 mm and a roll bulk of greater than about 18 cc/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Hermans, Samuel August Nelson, Paulin Pawar
  • Patent number: 8409705
    Abstract: Fibers having a plurality of colored regions printed on front and rear sides of said fiber are disclosed, wherein the colors are visible only under ultra-violet light. The regions may be in the form of stripes or may be arranged in a pseudo-random pattern. The regions may be differently colored. Such fibers can be incorporated into paper products as a form of counterfeit protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: D.W. Spinks (Embossing) Ltd.
    Inventor: Gary D Spinks
  • Patent number: 8383223
    Abstract: A product made of tissue for sanitary or domestic use is aimed in particular at products in rolls such as rolls of bathroom tissue (or sanitary paper) and similar rolls. A roll of fibrous cellulosic product includes a rolled strip of sheets of tissue separated by perforated or pre-cut lines, the individual plies of each sheet being bonded over a peripheral surface area of between 4% and 60% of the total surface area of each sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventor: Donald Barredo
  • Patent number: 8309204
    Abstract: A cut or precut absorbent sheet intended in particular for wiping includes at least two plies or groups of plies of creped absorbent paper with a basis weight ranging between 12 and 35 g/m2 per ply, at least one of the plies having an embossed pattern made up of protrusions directed towards the inside of the sheet and forming cavities between them. Some of the protrusions are distributed over at least one of the plies in such a way as to define portions of curves which in particular form concentric circles around or near the geometric center of the outline of the sheet; and the set of protrusions belonging to one ply of the sheet forms alignments which constitute an embossed pattern with central symmetry with respect to the geometric center of the outline of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventor: Pierre Graff
  • Patent number: 8287986
    Abstract: Visibility of ply-bonding created by glassining spot embossing on decorative pattern embossed tissue products is provided by obscuring the glassined spot embosses by distributing them along a meandering path through the decorative pattern, obscuring the edges of the glassined spot embosses by providing a gradual transition therefrom and combinations of the two techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Richard D. Huss, Brian J. Schuh, Michael E. Hennes, Kang Chang Yeh
  • Patent number: 8216664
    Abstract: An embossed sheet is composed of at least a first and a second ply of creped tissue having a basis weight between 12 and 30 g/m2 according to which the first ply has a first embossed pattern composed of a series of first aligned protrusions of frustoconical overall shape, the tops of which are oriented towards the inside of the sheet, and the second ply has a first and a second series of protrusions, the tops of which are oriented towards the inside of the sheet, the second series having a height greater than that of the first series of protrusions. The protrusions of the first ply and the highest protrusions of the second ply are nested inside one another, and the lowest protrusions of the second ply are arranged between the protrusions of the first ply so as to create empty spaces between the two plies and promote a rapid absorption of liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventor: Pierre Graff
  • Patent number: 8202605
    Abstract: A cellulosic fibrous structure product having one or more plies. At least one of the plies has one or more unembossed areas, and the one or more unembossed area has a macroscopic first surface and a macroscopic second surface. The fibrous structure product also has a first wall which forms vertices with the first surface and the second surface. In addition, the first wall and the second surface form a top side wall angle of from about 90° to about 140°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Rebecca Howland Spitzer
  • Patent number: 8178176
    Abstract: Sealed liquid tissue is comprised of a length of tissue and a layer of waterproof film. The layer of waterproof film has at least one pocket filled with liquid. The layer of waterproof film is attached to the top surface of the tissue. The bottom surface of the waterproof film is configured so that it has less resistance to bursting under hand pressure than the top surface of the film. Hand pressure applied to the film is capable of causing the bottom surface of the film surrounding the pocket to burst while the top surface of the film remains intact. This causes the liquid within the at least one pocket to escape through the bottom surface of the film to moisturize the length of tissue, thereby forming a wet wipe like article which has a wet lower surface and a dry upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventor: Randy W. Roberts
  • Patent number: 8156570
    Abstract: The lack of air flow under body armor, helmets, and thick garments can lead to excessive moisture build up and discomfort on the wearers body due to lack of heat removal and effective evaporation of sweat. By incorporating wick covered heat pipes or thermal conductors with air flow channels in the apparel contact area between the garments, helmets, and body armor the effectiveness air flow cooling and evaporation of sweat can be restored. Humidity or temperature auto-actuated bi-material valves are used to control this air-moisture-heat flow to achieve a controlled comfortable humidity-temperature environment and avoid excessive cooling. Supplementary air pumps, filters, dehydrators, fluid pumps, heating fluids, and cooling fluids may be incorporated to enhance the effectiveness. Biocides and hydrophilic materials are also incorporated on the wick coverings to avoid biological growth and maintain performance to achieve a healthy environment for the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventor: Robert G. Hockaday
  • Patent number: 8158253
    Abstract: Fibers (2, 14) having a plurality of colored regions printed on front and rear sides of said fiber are disclosed, wherein the colors are visible only under ultra-violet light. The regions may be in the form of stripes (4, 6, 8, 10 and 12) or may be arranged is a pseudo-random pattern (16, 18, 20, 22, 24). The regions may be differently colored. Such fibers can be incorporated into paper products as a form of counterfeit protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: D W Spinks (Embossing) Ltd.
    Inventor: Gary D. Spinks
  • Patent number: 8119223
    Abstract: A multi-ply tissue paper includes at least two plies of tissue paper, including a first ply (2) being provided with a first embossing pattern forming cushions (24), each cushion being shaped in the form of at least a part of a first motive (20); and a second ply (3) being provided with a second embossing pattern forming protrusions (32, 34), each protrusion forming at least a part of a second motive (30); and at least the first ply and the second ply are combined together such that the protrusions of the second ply are generally positioned inside the cushions of the first ply and the motives are aligned with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products GmbH
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Morin, Philippe Albouze, Sarah Marinoni
  • Publication number: 20110104443
    Abstract: A tissue paper product having at least one ply, wherein only one outer surface of said tissue paper product has a polyhydroxy compound selected from the group consisting of glycerols, polyglycerols, polyethylene glycols (PEGS), polyoxyethylenes, polyoxypropylenes, and combinations thereof applied thereto by slot extrusion, said polyhydroxy compound providing said tissue paper product with a Wet Burst greater than about 90g, a Dynamic Coefficient of Friction less than about 0.9, and a Bending Flexibility less than about 0.1 gf cm2/cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: LaTisha Evette Salaam, Michael Scott Prodoehl
  • Patent number: 7910196
    Abstract: An embossed multi-ply fibrous structure product having enhanced quilted appearance comprising: two or more plies of fibrous structure wherein at least one of the piles has a plurality of embossments thereon having a total embossment area of from about 6% to about 16%; the embossments forming a latticework defining a plurality of unembossed cells; wherein each cell has a surface area of from about 0.5 square inches to about 6 square inches, the cells being unadhered to the adjacent ply and the embossments having a height from about 350 ?m to about 1,500 ?m. Further embodiment comprise a product having a Percent Compressibility from about 1.5% to about 4.5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Arnaldo Vazquez Santiago
  • Publication number: 20110020605
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an embossed crepe paper which can clearly be formed into fine embossed shapes, and is excellent in the fluffy feel and therefore excellent in such as absorbency for fats. As a means of achieving this object, the method for manufacturing an embossed crepe paper, according to the present invention, is a method for manufacturing an embossed crepe paper comprising a step of embossing a raw crepe paper, wherein: a raw paper having a basis weight of 6 to 28 g/m2 is used as the raw crepe paper; and the embossing step includes the steps of: (a) supplying the raw crepe paper with water in an amount of 0.1 to 100 weight % based on the basis weight to thereby put the raw crepe paper in a wet condition; (b) embossing the wet-conditioned raw crepe paper; and (c) drying the embossed wet-conditioned raw crepe paper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: KAWANO PAPER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji SUZUKI, Yukio HAYASHI, Noriyasu IKE, Hiromu MATSUMOTO, Eri TAMURA, Yasunori ENDO, Jun MORISAWA, Maya SASAKI, Kenji TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 7871692
    Abstract: A multi-ply web of tissue paper having at least two plies comprising a first web (2a) consisting of at least one ply and being provided with a first embossing pattern forming cushions (24) limited by regions (22) of compressed material and a second web (3a) having at least one ply and being provided with a second pattern with protrusions (32) of compressed material. The first web and the second web are combined together such that the protrusions of compressed material (32) of the second web (3a) are positioned inside the cushions (24) limited by the regions (22) of compressed material (22). Further, the invention relates to a paper converting device and a method for producing such product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products GmbH
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Morin, Ferdinand Hein, Bernd Lofink, Richard Kiehlmann
  • Patent number: 7846531
    Abstract: This invention relates to a sheet of paper made up of at least two plies of creped tissue paper, an upper ply and a lower ply, each of a surface measure ranging from 10 to 40 g/m2, the upper ply being embossed and provided with first protuberances. It is characterized in that such first protuberances are divided into rows which between them delimit cells of an area ranging from 1 to 20 cm2, the upper ply being longer in the direction of advance than the lower ply by at least 0.6% and joined to it by the apex of the first protuberances so that cushions are formed inside the cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventors: Michel Basler, Sébastien Jeannot, Pierre Laurent, Rémy Ruppel
  • Patent number: 7799411
    Abstract: A cellulosic fibrous structure product having one or more plies. At least one of the plies has one or more unembossed areas, and the one or more unembossed area has a macroscopic first surface and a macroscopic second surface. The fibrous structure product also has a first wall which forms vertices with the first surface and the second surface. In addition, the first wall and the second surface form a top side wall angle of from about 90° to about 140°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Rebecca Howland Spitzer
  • Patent number: 7785686
    Abstract: A molding for a vehicle eliminates the need for equipment and reduces assembly time. An end cap has an end cap main unit inserted into the inner space from an opening in a molding main unit end surface, a catch portion (engaging portion) to engage and disengage from a molding main unit curved portion (engaged portion). The base end portion is rotatably installed in the end cap main unit and the rotating end portion side is inserted into the inner space from the opening in the molding main unit end surface. An end cap movable portion on which a second protrusion is formed contacts a first protrusion in the molding main unit to prevent movement in the direction removing the end cap from the opening in the molding main unit by making contact with the first protrusion when the catch portion has engaged the curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Newfrey LLC
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Fukui, Tatsuya Kaneko
  • Patent number: 7785696
    Abstract: A web product including one or more plies, the web product having a first side and a second side, the web product including a plurality of discrete embossments extending from the first side to the second side; and at least one linear embossment extending from the second side to the first side, wherein the web product has an average embossment height of greater than about 650 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Donn Nathan Boatman, Kevin Benson McNeil
  • Patent number: 7744981
    Abstract: An embossed multi-ply fibrous structure product having enhanced quilted appearance comprising: two or more plies of fibrous structure wherein at least one of the piles has a plurality of embossments thereon having a total embossment area of from about 6% to about 16%; the embossments forming a latticework defining a plurality of unembossed cells; wherein each cell has a surface area of from about 0.5 square inches to about 6 square inches, the cells being unadhered to the adjacent ply and the embossments having a height from about 350 ?m to about 1,500 ?m. Further embodiment comprise a product having a Percent Compressibility from about 1.5% to about 4.5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Arnaldo Vazquez Santiago
  • Publication number: 20100136291
    Abstract: An embossed sheet is composed of at least a first and a second ply of creped tissue having a basis weight between 12 and 30 g/m2 according to which the first ply has a first embossed pattern composed of a series of first aligned protrusions of frustoconical overall shape, the tops of which are oriented towards the inside of the sheet, and the second ply has a first and a second series of protrusions, the tops of which are oriented towards the inside of the sheet, the second series having a height greater than that of the first series of protrusions. The protrusions of the first ply and the highest protrusions of the second ply are nested inside one another, and the lowest protrusions of the second ply are arranged between the protrusions of the first ply so as to create empty spaces between the two plies and promote a rapid absorption of liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific France
    Inventor: Pierre Graff
  • Patent number: 7678229
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a deep-nested embossed paper product comprising the steps of delivering one or more plies of paper to an embossing apparatus and embossing the one or more plies of the paper between two opposed embossing cylinders. The one or more plies of paper have a first direction and a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction where both the first and second directions are in the plane of the paper and the one or more plies of paper have a stretch characteristic in the first direction that is higher than the stretch characteristic in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Jerome Wilke, II
  • Patent number: RE43095
    Abstract: Multi-ply fibrous structure products, more specifically embossed multi-ply fibrous structure products and methods for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Gomer Stelljes, Jr., Christopher Scott Kraus, George Vincent Wegele, Kevin Benson McNeil