Patents by Inventor Collin Heinz

Collin Heinz 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 METHOD FOR FORMING ABSORBENT CORES
    Publication number: 20210052434
    Abstract: Several variations of core formation techniques and machines to produced cores are disclosed, including a large and small discrete core, formed on a screen and combined; a large and small continuous core, formed on a web; and two and three-dimensional cores, formed on a screen, and core formation on a non-woven web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Chris Nelson, Collin Heinz
  • Apparatus and method for forming absorbent cores
    Patent number: 10828204
    Abstract: Several variations of core formation techniques and machines to produced cores are disclosed, including a large and small discrete core, formed on a screen and combined; a large and small continuous core, formed on a web; and two and three-dimensional cores, formed on a screen, and core formation on a non-woven web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Curt G. Joa, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Nelson, Collin Heinz
  • Vacuum commutation apparatus and methods
    Patent number: 10603223
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for a transporting a discrete element, by activating a discrete vacuum zone on a puck at or before an acquisition, rotating the puck about an axis (and optionally twisting the puck), and deactivating the discrete vacuum zone at a deposition point, through tightly controlled piecewise vacuum porting particularly in applications where vacuum commutation length changes in radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Curt G. Joa, Inc.
    Inventor: Collin Heinz
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING ABSORBENT CORES
    Publication number: 20130240125
    Abstract: Several variations of core formation techniques and machines to produced cores are disclosed, including a large and small discrete core, formed on a screen and combined; a large and small continuous core, formed on a web; and two and three-dimensional cores, formed on a screen, and core formation on a non-woven web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: CURT G. JOA, INC.
    Inventors: Chris Nelson, Collin Heinz