Patents by Inventor Heinrich Metheisen

Heinrich Metheisen 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).

  • Method and device for applying elastic strips in sections onto a web of material used for making diapers
    Patent number: 4379016
    Abstract: A method for mounting elastic strips onto a web of material for making dirs or the like, includes the steps of gathering-up the web of material, i.e., it is shortened by forming a multiplicity of fine transverse folds thereon, and mounting unstretched elastic strips in discrete sections onto the edge areas of the gathered-up web of material. A device for carrying out the method is also provided which includes a drum having a toothed gear-like surface, an embossing roller having a toothed gear-like surface which is in camming engagement with the drum, a device for holding and guiding the gathered-up web of material on the drum and a station for mounting elastic strips in discrete sections onto the edge areas of the web of material which is held and guided on the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1983
    Assignee: Winkler + Dunnebier Maschinefabrik und Eisengiesseret GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kurt Stemmler, Heinrich Metheisen