Patents by Inventor Jack Smid

Jack Smid 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 FOR CLEAN FIBER RECOVERY FROM CONTAMINATED ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20180202102
    Abstract: A method (10) for cleaning fibers from a contaminated article is disclosed. The method (10) can include pulping (20) a contaminated article to separate the fibers or filaments from the contaminated article in a first solution to provide dissociated pulped fibers. The method (10) can also include washing (26) the dissociated pulped fibers by forming a suspension comprising the dissociated pulped fibers from the contaminated article and a detergent, applying a magnetic field to the suspension, and mixing the suspension to wash the dissociated pulped fibers while applying the magnetic field to the suspension thereby forming washed pulped fibers. Contaminates can be removed from the suspension while washing (26) the dissociated pulped fibers. The washed pulped fibers can be rinsed and dried to provide clean fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Kaiyuan Yang, Mark B. Majors, Udaykumar Raval, Anita Neidert, Jack Smid
  • Dual clip tissue carton
    Patent number: 4778057
    Abstract: A partially open-ended carton contains two clips of interleaved tissues and a centrally located perforated opening means for splitting the carton into two halves. Each half serves to store the unused clip until it is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: E. James Allen, Jack Smid, Rita Panetta, Leo C. Sweetnam