Patents by Inventor Jacob Stephen Zhanel

Jacob Stephen Zhanel 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 and methods of manufacturing fibrous nonwoven materials and products comprising the same
    Patent number: 9187864
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, the disclosed drying and dewatering system comprises an air knife and a vacuum slot, wherein the air knife is positioned over the vacuum slot and fibrous nonwoven material is passed under the air knife and over the vacuum slot. The embodiments of the present disclosure may be used to achieve greater water removal and more uniform binding agent distribution across the nonwoven fibrous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: BUILDING MATERIALS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: James A. Svec, Paul G. Wilson, Margie Ann Beerer, Jacob Stephen Zhanel
  • Apparatus and methods of manufacturing fibrous nonwoven materials and products comprising the same
    Patent number: 8834681
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, the disclosed drying and dewatering system comprises an air knife and a vacuum slot, wherein the air knife is positioned over the vacuum slot and fibrous nonwoven material is passed under the air knife and over the vacuum slot. The embodiments of the present disclosure may be used to achieve greater water removal and more uniform binding agent distribution across the nonwoven fibrous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Building Materials Investment Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Svec, Paul G. Wilson, Margie Ann Beerer, Jacob Stephen Zhanel