Patents by Inventor Andre Josephine Karel De Saert

Andre Josephine Karel De Saert 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).

  • Apparatus and process for providing arrays of absorbent articles in varying orientations for packaging
    Patent number: 8974173
    Abstract: Apparatus for producing arrays of absorbent articles with varying orientations, and a methods for forming alternating arrays of absorbent articles, suitable to be operated at a high speed, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Plaza
    Inventors: Michael Jan Dowiasch, Thomas Luebcke, Andre Josephine Karel De Saert, Hilde Cloostermans
  • Method for packaging low count packages of absorbent articles
    Patent number: 8713901
    Abstract: A method for providing low count packages of absorbent articles in a high speed manufacturing process in which a plurality of absorbent articles are conveyed in series to the infeed of a continuously rotating stacker. The articles are sequentially inserted into cassettes disposed on the stacker such that a plurality of absorbent article containing cassettes is provided. The articles are extracted from the continuously rotating stacker by an angled extractor and packaged into low count packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Zulema Dorronsoro Martin, Thomas Luebcke, Andre Josephine Karel De Saert, Clifford Theodore Papsdorf
  • Apparatus for packaging low count packages of absorbent articles
    Patent number: 8713900
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing low count packages of absorbent articles during a high speed manufacturing process. The apparatus including a conveyor configured to serially convey a plurality of absorbent articles; a continuously rotating stacker that includes an infeed, an outfeed and a plurality of cassettes; an extraction station that includes an extractor configured to remove at least one absorbent article from at least one absorbent article containing cassette. At least a portion of the extractor is positioned at an angle to compensate for the continuous rotation of the stacker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Zulema Dorronsoro Martin, Thomas Luebcke, Andre Josephine Karel De Saert, Clifford Theodore Papsdorf
  • Packaging device for packing stacked soft hygienic products into a plastic bag
    Patent number: 8464502
    Abstract: A packaging device for packing stacked soft hygienic products, e.g. sanitary napkins, panty liners or the like, into a plastic bag made of an endless film, has specific forming shoulder (21) and MD sealing unit (5) to produce a MD seal (35) at a closure edge (46) of the bag. Thus four integral side panels are available at the bag (WB) for imprinting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephan Spiekers, Geert Ivo Coletta Maria Cloostermans-Huwaert, Andre Josephine Karel De Saert, Markus Port, Ibrahim Ulas, Thomas Reinhold Albert Wessel
  • Method for Packaging Low Count Packages of Absorbent Articles
    Publication number: 20110289886
    Abstract: A method for providing low count packages of absorbent articles in a high speed manufacturing process in which a plurality of absorbent articles are conveyed in series to the infeed of a continuously rotating stacker. The articles are sequentially inserted into cassettes disposed on the stacker such that a plurality of absorbent article containing cassettes is provided. The articles are extracted from the continuously rotating stacker by an angled extractor and packaged into low count packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Zulema Dorronsoro Martin, Thomas Luebcke, Andre Josephine Karel De Saert, Clifford Theodore Papsdorf
  • Apparatus for Packaging Low Count Packages of Absorbent Articles
    Publication number: 20110277427
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing low count packages of absorbent articles during a high speed manufacturing process. The apparatus including a conveyor configured to serially convey a plurality of absorbent articles; a continuously rotating stacker that includes an infeed, an outfeed and a plurality of cassettes; an extraction station that includes an extractor configured to remove at least one absorbent article from at least one absorbent article containing cassette. At least a portion of the extractor is positioned at an angle to compensate for the continuous rotation of the stacker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Zulema Dorronsoro Martin, Thomas Luebcke, Andre Josephine Karel De Saert, Clifford Theodore Papsdorf
  • PACKAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PACKING STACKED SOFT HYGIENIC PRODUCTS INTO A PLASTIC BAG
    Publication number: 20100307114
    Abstract: A packaging device for packing stacked soft hygienic products, e.g. sanitary napkins, panty liners or the like, into a plastic bag made of an endless film, has specific forming shoulder (21) and MD sealing unit (5) to produce a MD seal (35) at a closure edge (46) of the bag. Thus four integral side panels are available at the bag (WB) for imprinting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Stephan Spiekers, Geert Ivo Coletta Maria Cloostermans-Huwaert, Andre Josephine Karel De Saert, Markus Port, Ibrahim Ulas, Thomas Reinhold Albert Wessel