Patents by Inventor David Buist

David Buist 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).

  • Real time regulation of Yankee dryer coating based on predicted natural coating transfer
    Patent number: 10941522
    Abstract: A method is provided for decision support in regulating an adhesive coating applied to Yankee dryers. Online sensors are configured to continuously measure stock characteristics, and additional sensors provide actual stock flow rate and machine speed. A controller predicts potential natural coating application from a fibrous sheet generated from the stock to the Yankee dryer surface, substantially in real time, based on the measured characteristics and sensed actual machine values. An output signal may be provided to a display unit, wherein an optimal adhesive coating feed rate may be determined and displayed for operator decision support. The controller may in an automatic mode be configured to regulate the adhesive coating feed rate based on a comparison of one or more determined optimal values associated with respective actual values. The method may include identifying fiber source changes in real time, and predicting a natural coating potential based partly on predetermined correlations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International, Inc.
    Inventors: David Buist, Vincent Roy, Colin Ruemmele, Daniel Glover, Richard Lusk, Philip Hoekstra
  • Real time regulation of yankee dryer coating based on predicted natural coating transfer
    Patent number: 10329715
    Abstract: A method is provided for decision support in regulating an adhesive coating applied to Yankee dryers. Online sensors are configured to continuously measure stock characteristics, and additional sensors provide actual stock flow rate and machine speed. A controller predicts potential natural coating application from a fibrous sheet generated from the stock to the Yankee dryer surface, substantially in real time, based on the measured characteristics and sensed actual machine values. An output signal may be provided to a display unit, wherein an optimal adhesive coating feed rate may be determined and displayed for operator decision support. The controller may in an automatic mode be configured to regulate the adhesive coating feed rate based on a comparison of one or more determined optimal values associated with respective actual values. The method may include identifying fiber source changes in real time, and predicting a natural coating potential based partly on predetermined correlations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International, Inc.
    Inventors: David Buist, Vincent Roy, Colin Ruemmele, Daniel Glover, Richard Lusk, Philip Hoekstra
  • REAL TIME REGULATION OF YANKEE DRYER COATING BASED ON PREDICTED NATURAL COATING TRANSFER
    Publication number: 20190024316
    Abstract: A method is provided for decision support in regulating an adhesive coating applied to Yankee dryers. Online sensors are configured to continuously measure stock characteristics, and additional sensors provide actual stock flow rate and machine speed. A controller predicts potential natural coating application from a fibrous sheet generated from the stock to the Yankee dryer surface, substantially in real time, based on the measured characteristics and sensed actual machine values. An output signal may be provided to a display unit, wherein an optimal adhesive coating feed rate may be determined and displayed for operator decision support. The controller may in an automatic mode be configured to regulate the adhesive coating feed rate based on a comparison of one or more determined optimal values associated with respective actual values. The method may include identifying fiber source changes in real time, and predicting a natural coating potential based partly on predetermined correlations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: David Buist, Vincent Roy, Colin Ruemmele, Daniel Glover, Richard Lusk, Philip Hoekstra