Patents by Inventor Alan J. Trusty

Alan J. Trusty 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).

  • Formed material produced by solid-state formation with a high-pressure liquid stream
    Patent number: 4839216
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a process for transforming a substantially continuous web of substantially planar, deformable material having an indefinite length, a first surface, and a second surface into a formed material. The material has a transformation temperature range. The process comprises the following steps:(a) The web of material is provided on a forming structure with the first surface of the web of material proximate a forming surface of the forming structure. The forming surface moves in a direction of the length of the web of material and carries the web of material in that direction.(b) A liquid stream is applied to the second surface of the web of material. The liquid stream has sufficient force and mass flux to cause the web of material to be deformed toward the forming surface, such that the material acquires a substantial three-dimensional conformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John J. Curro, Alan J. Trusty, George M. Vernon
  • Production of formed material by solid-state formation with a high-pressure liquid stream
    Patent number: 4695422
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a process for transforming a substantially continuous web of substantially planar, deformable material having an indefinite length, a first surface, and a second surface into a formed material. The material has a transformation temperature range. The process comprises the following steps:(a) The web of material is provided on a forming structure with the first surface of the web of material proximate a forming surface of the forming structure. The forming surface moves in a direction of the length of the web of material and carries the web of material in that direction.(b) A liquid stream is applied to the second surface of the web of material. The liquid stream has sufficient force and mass flux to cause the web of material to be deformed toward the forming surface, such that the material acquires a substantial three-dimensional conformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John J. Curro, Alan J. Trusty, George M. Vernon