Patents by Inventor Edze J. Visscher

Edze J. Visscher 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).

  • Process to manufacture tufted backing materials
    Patent number: 8448589
    Abstract: A process to manufacture tufted backing materials comprises the steps of a) providing a roll bearing a backing material which backing material comprises a first side exhibiting a first colour and a second side exhibiting a second colour, wherein the first colour is different from the second colour, the first side is the front side and the second side is the rear side, b) unwinding the backing material from the roll, c) tufting the backing material, d) cutting the backing material at a position between the roll bearing the backing material and the tufting device, e) rotating the roll bearing the backing material by an angle of 180°, f) unwinding the backing material from the roll in a second unwinding direction which is opposite to the first unwinding direction and guiding the backing material into the tufting device, and g) tufting the backing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Bonar B.V.
    Inventors: Annemarieke Maltha, Marcellinus C. H. Nieuwenhuizen, Edze J. Visscher
  • PROCESS TO MANUFACTURE TUFTED BACKING MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20100092721
    Abstract: A process to manufacture tufted backing materials comprises the steps of a) providing a roll bearing a backing material which backing material comprises a first side exhibiting a first colour and a second side exhibiting a second colour, wherein the first colour is different from the second colour, the first side is the front side and the second side is the rear side, b) unwinding the backing material from the roll, c) tufting the backing material, d) cutting the backing material at a position between the roll bearing the backing material and the tufting device, e) rotating the roll bearing the backing material by an angle of 180°, f) unwinding the backing material from the roll in a second unwinding direction which is opposite to the first unwinding direction and guiding the backing material into the tufting device, and g) tufting the backing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Colbond B.V.
    Inventors: Annemarieke Maltha, Marcellinus C.H. Nieuwenhuizen, Edze J. Visscher