Patents by Inventor Edward Erich Werner

Edward Erich Werner 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 for making an absorbent pad for use in absorbent articles
    Patent number: 6470943
    Abstract: Methods and systems for making an absorbent pad for use in an absorbent article utilize a forming device for forming material into an absorbent core, a supply device for supplying a containment layer against the first surface of the absorbent core and spray apparatus for spraying fibers of molten resin onto the second surface of the absorbent core. The fibers form a stabilization layer on the absorbent core that increases the integrity of the absorbent core. The spray apparatus includes a nozzle having a resin aperture for exhausting resin therefrom and multiple gas apertures for exhausting gas therefrom to provide a random pattern to the fibers of molten resin as the fibers are sprayed onto the second surface. Resin can also be sprayed onto first and second portions of the containment layer extending outwardly from edges of the absorbent core so the containment layer and the stabilization layer encompass the absorbent core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Thomas Borowski, Joseph Michael Kugler, James George Van Himbergen, Norman Earl Brown, Leon Eugene Chambers, Jr., John Christopher Garstka, David Charles Musil, Edward Erich Werner
  • Method of making an absorbent pad
    Patent number: 6060115
    Abstract: Methods and systems for making an absorbent pad for use in an absorbent article utilize a forming device for forming material into an absorbent core, a supply device for supplying a containment layer against the first surface of the absorbent core and spray apparatus for spraying fibers of molten resin onto the second surface of the absorbent core. The fibers form a stabilization layer on the absorbent core that increases the integrity of the absorbent core. The spray apparatus includes a nozzle having a resin aperture for exhausting resin therefrom and multiple gas apertures for exhausting gas therefrom to provide a random pattern to the fibers of molten resin as the fibers are sprayed onto the second surface. Resin can also be sprayed onto first and second portions of the containment layer extending outwardly from edges of the absorbent core so the containment layer and the stabilization layer encompass the absorbent core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Thomas Borowski, Joseph Michael Kugler, James George Van Himbergen, Norman Earl Brown, Leon Eugene Chambers, Jr., John Christopher Garstka, David Charles Musil, Edward Erich Werner