Patents by Inventor André Mellin

André Mellin 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).

  • Publication number: 20240383659
    Abstract: Cargo assemblages including a pallet, a load of packages arranged in one or more layers. and a support layer, in which the support layer is sized and positioned within the cargo assemblage to support and/or stabilize the cargo, thereby providing improved pallet efficiency, improved shipping efficiency, and/or improved stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Lee BARNHOLTZ, Peter Michael SEARLES, Andrew Dontae BIDDLE, Carlos Omar NILO POYANCO, Wesley Bernard BROKOPP, Deborah Sue SLOVUT, David Mark RASCH, Leo E. TASKE, II, Kimberly Marie GERLACH, Michael Bernard BECKUM, Nneka D. ROBINSON, Gustav André MELLIN
  • Patent number: 12129148
    Abstract: A method of grooving a durable transfer roll core may comprising loading the durable transfer roll core onto a grooving apparatus and grooving a main surface of the durable transfer roll core via engagement with one or a plurality of cutting tools of the tooling section of the grooving apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eric James Watkins, Gustav André Mellin
  • Publication number: 20240335968
    Abstract: A perforating apparatus including: a blade support having a blade support assembly, where the blade support assembly includes: a clamp coupled to the blade support; a blade positioned between the clamp and an outer surface of the blade support; and a plurality of dampener members extending along at least a portion of a longitudinal length of the blade, where a first dampener member is positioned on a first side of the blade, where a second dampener member is positioned on a second side of the blade, and where the first side of the blade faces the blade support and the second side of the blade is opposite the first side of the blade. Also disclosed is a method for forming a line of weakness in a substrate. Also disclosed is a blade support having a corresponding blade support assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Christopher SCHWAMBERGER, Steven James SCHROECK, Andre MELLIN
  • Publication number: 20240328093
    Abstract: A roll of sanitary tissue product comprising a shaped line of weakness, where the roll of sanitary tissue product may exhibit a Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Strength of between about 8 g and about 20 g, as measured by the Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Force Method, and wherein the sanitary tissue product may exhibit a Geometric Mean Peak Elongation of greater than about 15%, as measured according to the Dry Tensile Strength Test Method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: The Procter& Gamble Company
    Inventors: Katie Kristine Glass, Angela Marie Leimbach, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Patent number: 12071289
    Abstract: Cargo assemblages including a pallet, a load of packages arranged in one or more layers, and a support layer, in which the support layer is sized and positioned within the cargo assemblage to support and/or stabilize the cargo, thereby providing improved pallet efficiency, improved shipping efficiency, and/or improved stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Peter Michael Searles, Andrew Dontae Biddle, Carlos Omar Nilo Poyanco, Wesley Bernard Brokopp, Deborah Sue Slovut, David Mark Rasch, Leo E. Taske, II, Kimberly Marie Gerlach, Michael Bernard Beckum, Nneka D. Robinson, Gustav André Mellin
  • Patent number: 12049019
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adjusting and maintaining a position of a cutting surface used to create lines of weakness for rolled products. A perforating apparatus includes a housing rotatably supported by a frame, wherein the housing is adapted to rotate about a first axis. A support member including a first cutting surface is rotatably supported by the housing, wherein the support member is adapted to rotate about a second axis offset from the first axis. A roll including a second cutting surface is positioned adjacent the support member, wherein the roll is adapted to rotate about a third axis. The second cutting surface is adapted to contact the first cutting surface as the roll rotates about the third axis. The perforating apparatus is configured such that the functions of adjusting the position of the first cutting surface and holding the first cutting surface in a fixed position are separate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Schwamberger, Gustav André Mellin, Michael Devin Long
  • Patent number: 12031275
    Abstract: A roll of sanitary tissue product comprising a shaped line of weakness, where the roll of sanitary tissue product may exhibit a roll compressibility of from about 4% to about 10% and a LWP Factor of greater than about 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Katie Kristine Glass, Angela Marie Leimbach, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Publication number: 20240208753
    Abstract: A consumer width sized roll comprising wound web material comprising a tail. The tail may comprise a bonding material. The bonding material may be arranged in a novel pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Bret A. SIMS, Dan T. ANDERSON, Brent M. BOROVSKIS, Victoria Grace STRAIN, Gustav Andre MELLIN
  • Patent number: 11958706
    Abstract: A consumer width sized roll comprising wound web material comprising a tail. The tail may comprise a bonding material. The bonding material may be arranged in a novel pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bret A. Sims, Dan T. Anderson, Brent M. Borovskis, Victoria Grace Strain, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Patent number: 11952722
    Abstract: A roll of sanitary tissue product that includes a shaped line of weakness, wherein the roll of sanitary tissue product exhibits a roll compressibility of from about 7%, and the sanitary tissue product has a Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Strength of about 8 g to about 20 g, as measured by the Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Force Method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Katie Kristine Glass, Angela Marie Leimbach, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Patent number: 11952228
    Abstract: A method for bonding the tail of a convolutely wound log to the body is provided. The method comprises the use of a bonding material to bond the tail to the wound log. The bonding material may be applied to application sites arranged in a non-uniform pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Victoria Grace Strain, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Publication number: 20230313468
    Abstract: A roll of sanitary tissue product comprising a shaped line of weakness, where the roll of sanitary tissue product may exhibit a roll compressibility of from about 4% to about 10% and a LWP Factor of greater than about 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Katie Kristine Glass, Angela Marie Leimbach, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Patent number: 11731842
    Abstract: A system is provided comprising a carton conveyor and a bypass carton accumulator adjacent to, and interfaced with, the carton conveyor. The bypass carton accumulator may comprise: a carton pick apparatus comprising a carton pick head; at least one stop device comprising a stopper movable between a first and a second position; and a storage apparatus. When in the first position, the stopper does not interfere with the flow of cartons along the conveyor and when in the second position, the stopper engages with a carton to stop a flow of cartons along the conveyor. The carton pick apparatus may be configured to pick up via the carton pick head a set of cartons from a pick-up zone of the carton conveyor after the stopper has moved to its second position and place the set of cartons in the storage apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Bernard Overley, Pawel Marek Siczek, André Mellin
  • Patent number: 11725309
    Abstract: Coforming processes for commingling two or more separate materials, for example solid additives, for example fibers and/or particulates, and filaments, and equipment; namely, forming boxes, useful in such coforming processes and more particularly to coforming processes for commingling filaments with one or more fibers, such as pulp fibers, and forming boxes useful therein are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Fei Wang, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Hasan Eroglu, Edwin Arthur Stewart, John Ferney McKibben, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Publication number: 20230227229
    Abstract: Cargo assemblages including a pallet, a load of packages arranged in one or more layers, and a support layer, in which the support layer is sized and positioned within the cargo assemblage to support and/or stabilize the cargo, thereby providing improved pallet efficiency, improved shipping efficiency, and/or improved stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Lee BARNHOLTZ, Peter Michael SEARLES, Andrew Dontae BIDDLE, Carlos Omar NILO POYANCO, Wesley Bernard BROKOPP, Deborah Sue SLOVUT, David Mark RASCH, Leo E. TASKE, II, Kimberly Marie GERLACH, Michael Bernard BECKUM, Nneka D. ROBINSON, Gustav André MELLIN
  • Patent number: 11691353
    Abstract: A process is provided for heat sealing substrate layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Price, Pawel M. Siczek, Andre Mellin
  • Patent number: 11685625
    Abstract: A consumer width sized roll comprising wound web material comprising a tail. The tail may comprise a bonding material. The bonding material may be arranged in a non-uniform pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Victoria Grace Strain, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Patent number: 11668051
    Abstract: A web of sanitary tissue of the present disclosure may comprise a shaped line of weakness, wherein the toilet tissue exhibits a Line of Weakness Performance Factor (LWP Factor) of from about 7 to about 30, and a Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Strength of between about 8 g and about 20 g according to the Full Sheet Average Trapezoidal Tear Force Test Method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Katie Kristine Glass, Angela Marie Leimbach, Gustav Andre Mellin
  • Publication number: 20230158699
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adjusting and maintaining a position of a cutting surface used to create lines of weakness for rolled products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Schwamberger, Gustav André Mellin, Michael Devin Long
  • Publication number: 20230141479
    Abstract: A heating block assembly including one or more configurable insulator segments and a heater block having a first surface configured to removably receive the one or more configurable insulator segments, in which each of the one or more configurable insulator segments covers only a portion of the first surface. A method for sealing at least one portion of a package using such a heating block assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew IMS, William R. FRAILING, Gustav André MELLIN