Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Geddes
Daniel J. Geddes 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).
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Patent number: 8398819Abstract: A method of moist creping absorbent paper base sheet includes forming a nascent web including at least a major portion of flattened ribbonlike cellulosic fibers of recycled fiber. A creping adhesive coating including an admixture of polyvinyl alcohol and a polyamide crosslinked with epichlorohydrin is applied to a Yankee dryer. The nascent web is passed through a nip, defined between a suction pressure roll and the Yankee dryer, having a controlled loading. The nascent web is adhered to the Yankee dryer and dried on the Yankee dryer to a moisture content corresponding to a sheet temperature, immediately prior to the creping blade, of from about 110° C. to about 121° C. The nascent web is creped at a sheet temperature of from about 110° C. to about 121° C. from the Yankee dryer with an undulatory creping blade bearing against the Yankee dryer to form a moist biaxially undulatory web, which is dried.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LPInventors: Kang Chang Yeh, Christopher J. Peters, Mark S. Hunter, Daniel J. Geddes, Hung Liang Chou
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Patent number: 8165716Abstract: A method of dispensing product includes determining by a processor if product loaded into a dispenser is authorized for use in the dispenser by identifying a reference indication associated with the product; in response to determination that the product is authorized, dispense a first amount of product; and in response to determination that the sheet product is unauthorized, dispense a second amount of sheet product, wherein the second amount of sheet product is different than the first amount. To determine if the sheet product is authorized, a pigment is excited to emit a light with an intensity signature. A portion of the intensity signature is measured and compared to a desired value. If the portion is substantially equal to the desired value, the sheet product is authenticated.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LPInventors: Harold J. Goeking, Daniel J. Geddes, Paul J. Ruthven, Kang Chang Yeh, Alexandre Izmailov, Paul Waterhouse, Panagiotis Zosimadis
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Publication number: 20110146924Abstract: The present invention relates to the creation of toweling with surprisingly high absorbency using a furnish comprising a major proportion of recycle furnish when the furnish is creped from a Yankee dryer coated with a creping adhesive comprising polyvinyl alcohol and an epichlorohydrin crosslinked polyamide creping adhesive at a consistency corresponding to a sheet temperature (immediately prior to the creping blade) of between 225° F. and 255° F. (107° C. and 124° C.), preferably ranging from about 230° F. (110° C.) up to about 250° F. (121° C.).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS LPInventors: Kang Chang Yeh, Christopher J. Peters, Mark S. Hunter, Daniel J. Geddes, Hung Liang Chou
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Patent number: 7896285Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing sheet product from a supply to a user is disclosed. The dispenser includes a feed device for dispensing a length of sheet product, an energy storage device in operable communication with the feed device, and a user interface in operable communication with the energy storage device. The user interface is biased in a first direction to a rest position by the energy storage device and is responsive to energy from the user to move in a second direction opposite the first direction and transfer energy to the energy storage device. The energy storage device is in operable connection with the feed device and applies the transferred energy to generate motion of the user interface in the first direction toward the rest position to actuate the feed device and dispense the sheet product.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LPInventors: Walter O. Wruck, Jr., Brent J. Burns, Daniel J. Geddes, John R. Moody
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Patent number: 7821155Abstract: In one embodiment, a power system for a plurality of dispensers comprises an AC transformer to receive a line voltage and generate an output voltage of about 2 volts AC to about 50 volts AC; a plurality of dispensers, each housing at least one electrical component operatively configured to dispense product through a dispensing aperture, each of the dispensers comprising a battery compartment; and a plurality of power converters adapted to be at least partially disposed within the battery compartments such that at least one power converter is associated with each dispenser, the converters disposed in communication with the AC transformer such that the power converters receive the output voltage and provide a DC voltage to one or more electrical components housed within the dispensers.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2007Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LPInventors: Christopher M. Reinsel, Daniel J. Geddes, Brian S. Fontaine, Gary E. Myers
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Patent number: 7793882Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing sheet product includes a housing, a proximity sensor operative to detect a presence of a user's hand at a predetermined location near the dispenser, and a dispensing mechanism disposed within the housing, the dispensing mechanism including an electronic controller operably coupled to a drive motor that is operably coupled to a feed roller to dispense the sheet product. The dispensing mechanism is operative in a first mode to be responsive to a signal from the proximity sensor to dispense the sheet product, and is operative in a second mode to dispense a next sheet product in response to an existing sheet product being torn from the dispenser. The controller is responsive to a switch adapted and configured to set an adjustable time delay between sheet feeds when the dispensing mechanism is operating in at least one of the first mode and the second mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LPInventors: Christopher M. Reinsel, Daniel J. Geddes, William J. Kane
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Publication number: 20100114366Abstract: Dispensers and method for controlled dispensing of products, preferably paper products, are discussed in this patent disclosure. Various embodiments of the present invention can comprise a housing, a separating assembly, a feed mechanism, and an advancing mechanism. The housing can support inner components of the dispenser. The housing can hold a stack of paper product to be dispensed. The separating assembly can comprise a separating member. The separating member can separate one or more napkins from the stack. The separating member can be controlled by a controller for controlled dispensing operations. The feed mechanism can move the separated napkin or napkins toward a dispensing slot for dispensing. The advancing mechanism can advance the stack of napkins such that, as the stack is depleted from one end of the stack, a remainder of the stack is advanced toward the separating member for dispensing. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: GEORGIA PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS, LPInventors: ABBY C. CASE, Daniel J. Geddes, Bret A. Kuehneman, Michael Ray Kilgore, Christopher M. Reinel, Antonio M. Cittadino
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Publication number: 20100078459Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing sheet product includes a housing, a proximity sensor operative to detect a presence of a user's hand at a predetermined location near the dispenser, and a dispensing mechanism disposed within the housing, the dispensing mechanism including an electronic controller operably coupled to a drive motor that is operably coupled to a feed roller to dispense the sheet product. The dispensing mechanism is operative in a first mode to be responsive to a signal from the proximity sensor to dispense the sheet product, and is operative in a second mode to dispense a next sheet product in response to an existing sheet product being torn from the dispenser. The controller is responsive to a switch adapted and configured to set an adjustable time delay between sheet feeds when the dispensing mechanism is operating in at least one of the first mode and the second mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS LPInventors: Christopher M. Reinsel, Daniel J. Geddes, William J. Kane
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Publication number: 20090212150Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing sheet product from a supply to a user is disclosed. The dispenser includes a feed device for dispensing a length of sheet product, an energy storage device in operable communication with the feed device, and a user interface in operable communication with the energy storage device. The user interface is biased in a first direction to a rest position by the energy storage device and is responsive to energy from the user to move in a second direction opposite the first direction and transfer energy to the energy storage device. The energy storage device is in operable connection with the feed device and applies the transferred energy to generate motion of the user interface in the first direction toward the rest position to actuate the feed device and dispense the sheet product.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2008Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS LPInventors: Walter O. Wruck, JR., Brent J. Burns, Daniel J. Geddes, John R. Moody
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Publication number: 20090177315Abstract: A method of dispensing product includes determining by a processor if product loaded into a dispenser is authorized for use in the dispenser by identifying a reference indication associated with the product; in response to determination that the product is authorized, dispense a first amount of product; and in response to determination that the sheet product is unauthorized, dispense a second amount of sheet product, wherein the second amount of sheet product is different than the first amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: July 9, 2009Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LPInventors: Harold J. Goeking, William D. Sleeper, Dale T. Gracyalny, Alison B. Lukacsko, Gary N. Petersen, Daniel J. Geddes, Kathleen A. Jordan, Abby C. Case, Antonio M. Cittadino, Bret A. Kuehneman, Christopher M. Reinsel, Panagiotis Zosimadis, Alexandre Izmailov
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Patent number: 6824007Abstract: A curl reducing adapter kit for a napkin dispenser used for dispensing interfolded napkins including an enclosure with a dispensing wall defining a dispensing slot and a slidably mounted, biased pressure carriage adapted to advance a stack of napkins in the enclosure toward the dispensing wall includes a tongue for mounting about the dispensing wall such that the tongue projects into the dispensing slot and narrows the slot. The tongue further includes a plurality of friction tabs configured to project inwardly into the enclosure from the upper inner lip of the dispensing slot and frictionally engage the napkins to limit bulge through the slot.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Fort James CorporationInventors: James K. Timmers, Chester W. Gooding, Jr., Daniel J. Geddes
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Publication number: 20030019880Abstract: A curl reducing adapter kit for a napkin dispenser used for dispensing interfolded napkins including an enclosure with a dispensing wall defining a dispensing slot and a slidably mounted, biased pressure carriage adapted to advance a stack of napkins in the enclosure toward the dispensing wall includes a tongue for mounting about the dispensing wall such that the tongue projects into the dispensing slot and narrows the slot. The tongue further includes a plurality of friction tabs configured to project inwardly into the enclosure from the upper inner lip of the dispensing slot and frictionally engage the napkins to limit bulge through the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Inventors: James K. Timmers, Chester W. Gooding, Daniel J. Geddes
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Publication number: 20020041046Abstract: At least one container is disposed in contact with at least one mandrel to cause a thermoplastic polymeric film on the container to foam and become a heat insulative layer. The mandrel is heatable to a predetermined temperature and the container is in direct contact therewith or disposed thereon for a predetermined period of time, to thereby cause the foamable material on the container to foam. A method of making a web of heat insulative nonwoven material includes providing a web of nonwoven material, applying a layer of thermoplastic polymeric material to a first surface of the web to form a web laminate, placing the web laminate in contact with a heated surface, heating the web laminate and thereby expanding the layer of thermoplastic material with moisture that is vaporized from the nonwoven material. The web laminate may then be fabricated to form a container or a portion of a container.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2001Publication date: April 11, 2002Applicant: Fort James CorporationInventors: Timothy P. Hartjes, Michael A. Breining, Debra D. Bowers, Daniel J. Geddes, Patrick L. Maynard, Louann S. Mueller, Robert Patterson, Kathleen R. Rigotti, Rebecca E. Whitmore
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Patent number: 6056145Abstract: A lid for use on a cup having a radially outwardly projecting non-helical brim extending around a mouth thereof. The lid is formed of plastic and comprises a center portion, and a flexible skirt extending downwardly from an outer periphery of the center portion. The skirt includes a radially inwardly projecting annular restriction ring adapted to be positioned beneath the cup brim. The skirt includes a plurality of threads spaced apart circumferentially around the skirt. Each thread extends generally helically upwardly from a location disposed between the restriction ring and a bottom edge of the skirt. The threads intersect the restriction ring to form circumferentially spaced caesurae in the restriction ring.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1999Date of Patent: May 2, 2000Assignee: Fort James CorporationInventors: Jonathan E. Rush, Bruce R. Smith, Thomas R. Toczek, Daniel J. Geddes, Warren G. Wiedmeyer
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Patent number: 5609901Abstract: A perforated package of a composite integral sheet material which includes a first layer of absorbent material, a second layer of printable material and an impermeable pigmented polymer layer interposed between the first and second layers. The composite material has a plurality of air pockets formed between at least one of the first or second layers and the polymer layer, by discontinuously bonding the first or second layers to the polymer material. The package has two parallel lines of perforation which allow access to the interior of the package and to the foodstuff contained therein. A method of using the perforated package of composite integral material.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 1995Date of Patent: March 11, 1997Assignee: James River CorporationInventors: Daniel J. Geddes, Kathy Rigotti, Linda L. Bunker, Arthur C. Berger, Patrick L. Maynard, Robert Patterson, David H. Hollenberg
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Patent number: 5585129Abstract: A perforated package of a composite integral sheet material which includes a first layer of absorbent material, a second layer of printable material and an impermeable pigmented polymer layer interposed between the first and second layers. The composite material has a plurality of air pockets formed between at least one of the first or second layers and the polymer layer, by discontinuously bonding the first or second layers to the polymer material. The package has two parallel lines of perforation which allow access to the interior of the package and to the foodstuff contained therein. A method of using the perforated package of composite integral material.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: December 17, 1996Assignee: The James River CorporationInventors: Daniel J. Geddes, Kathy Rigotti, Linda L. Bunker, Patrick L. Maynard, Robert Patterson, David H. Hollenberg, Arthur C. Berger
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Patent number: 5582674Abstract: A composite integral sheet of wrap material which includes a first layer of absorbent material containing fibers bearing foraminous hydrophobic water-vapor-permeable pellicles, a second layer of printable material and an impermeable pigmented polymer layer interposed between the first and second layers. Additionally, the absorbent layer will include highly absorbent material formed by in-situ crosslinking of a partially pre-neutralized polyacrylic acid. The composite wrap material has a plurality of air pockets formed between at least one of the first or second layers and the polymer layer, by discontinuously bonding the first or second layers to the polymer material. A method of making the composite integral sheet.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: The James River CorporationInventors: Robert Patterson, Daniel J. Geddes, David H. Hollenberg, Patrick L. Maynard
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Patent number: 5560945Abstract: A perforated package of a composite integral sheet material which includes a first layer of absorbent material, a second layer of printable material and an impermeable pigmented polymer layer interposed between the first and second layers. The composite material has a plurality of air pockets formed between at least one of the first or second layers and the polymer layer, by discontinuously bonding the first or second layers to the polymer material. The package has two parallel lines of perforation which allow access to the interior of the package and to the foodstuff contained therein. A method of using the perforated package of composite integral material.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: October 1, 1996Assignee: James River Corporation of VirginiaInventors: Daniel J. Geddes, Kathy Rigotti, Linda L. Bunker, Arthur C. Berger, Patrick L. Maynard, Robert Patterson, David H. Hollenberg
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Patent number: 5480693Abstract: A composite integral sheet of wrap material which includes a first layer of absorbent material containing fibers bearing foraminous hydrophobic water-vapor-permeable pellicles, a second layer of printable material and an impermeable pigmented polymer layer interposed between the first and second layers. Additionally, the absorbent layer will include highly absorbent material formed by in-situ crosslinking of a partially pre-neutralized polyacrylic acid. The composite wrap material has a plurality of air pockets formed between at least one of the first or second layers and the polymer layer, by discontinuously bonding the first or second layers to the polymer material. A method of making the composite integral sheet.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 1995Date of Patent: January 2, 1996Assignee: The James River Corporation of VirginiaInventors: Robert Patterson, Daniel J. Geddes, David H. Hollenberg, Patrick L. Maynard
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Patent number: D551476Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2005Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LPInventors: Antonio M. Cittadino, Harold J. Goeking, Daniel J. Geddes, Kathleen A. Jordan, Michael R. Kilgore, Andy L. Kirkpatrick