Patents by Inventor James E. Springett
James E. Springett 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).
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Patent number: 10575571Abstract: A flat-fold respirator is made from a stiff filtration panel joined to the remainder of the respirator through at least one line of demarcation. The panel contains a porous monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web that contains charged intermingled continuous monocomponent polymeric fibers of the same polymeric composition and that has sufficient basis weight or inter-fiber bonding so that the web exhibits a Gurley Stiffness greater than 200 mg and the respirator exhibits less than 20 mm H2O pressure drop. The respirator may be formed without requiring additional stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers, or other reinforcement and can be flat-folded for storage. Scrap from the manufacturing process may be recycled to make additional stiff filtration panel web.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, James E. Springett, John M. Brandner, Marvin E. Jones, Andrew R. Fox, Michael R. Berrigan, John D. Stelter
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Publication number: 20170347724Abstract: A flat-fold respirator is made from a stiff filtration panel joined to the remainder of the respirator through at least one line of demarcation. The panel contains a porous monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web that contains charged intermingled continuous monocomponent polymeric fibers of the same polymeric composition and that has sufficient basis weight or inter-fiber bonding so that the web exhibits a Gurley Stiffness greater than 200 mg and the respirator exhibits less than 20 mm H2O pressure drop. The respirator may be formed without requiring additional stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers, or other reinforcement and can be flat-folded for storage. Scrap from the manufacturing process may be recycled to make additional stiff filtration panel web.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, James E. Springett, John M. Brandner, Marvin E. Jones, Andrew R. Fox, Michael R. Berrigan, John D. Stelter
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Patent number: 9770058Abstract: A flat-fold respirator is made from a stiff filtration panel joined to the remainder of the respirator through at least one line of demarcation. The panel contains a porous monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web that contains charged intermingled continuous monocomponent polymeric fibers of the same polymeric composition and that has sufficient basis weight or inter-fiber bonding so that the web exhibits a Gurley Stiffness greater than 200 mg and the respirator exhibits less than 20 mm H2O pressure drop. The respirator may be formed without requiring additional stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers, or other reinforcement and can be flat-folded for storage. Scrap from the manufacturing process may be recycled to make additional stiff filtration panel web.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2007Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, James E. Springett, John M. Brandner, Marvin E. Jones, Andrew R. Fox, Michael R. Berrigan, John D. Stelter
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Patent number: 8580182Abstract: A molded respirator is made from a monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web containing a bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled continuous monocomponent polymeric microfibers and larger size fibers of the same polymeric composition. The respirator is a cup-shaped porous monocomponent monolayer matrix whose matrix fibers are bonded to one another at least some points of fiber intersection. The matrix has a King Stiffness greater than 1 N. The respirator may be formed without requiring stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers, or other reinforcement in the filter media layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, Andrew R. Fox, John D. Stelter, Timothy J. Lindquist, John M. Brandner, James E. Springett
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Patent number: 8506871Abstract: A porous monocomponent nonwoven web contains a bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled continuous microfibers and larger size fibers of the same polymeric composition. There are at least five times as many microfibers as larger size fibers, and a histogram of the mass fraction of fibers vs. fiber size exhibits a larger size fiber mode greater than 10 ?m. The web may be made by flowing fiber-forming material through a die cavity having larger size orifices and at least five times as many smaller size orifices to form filaments, attenuating the filaments into fibers and collecting the attenuated fibers to form the nonwoven web. The web is especially well suited to the manufacture of self-supporting three dimensional articles such as molded cup-shaped respirators and pleated air filters.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: John M. Brandner, William J. Kopecky, Seyed A. Angadjivand, James E. Springett, Timothy J. Lindquist
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Patent number: 8372175Abstract: A pleated filter is made from a monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web containing a bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled larger size and smaller size continuous monocomponent polymeric fibers of the same polymeric composition. Rows of pleats are formed in the nonwoven web, and the pleated web is cut to a desired size and shape to provide a filter element containing a self-supporting porous monocomponent monolayer matrix of fibers bonded to one another at least some points of fiber intersection and having an average initial submicron efficiency of at least 15% at a 1.52 meters/sec face velocity. The filter element is deformation resistant without requiring stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers or other reinforcing measures in the filter media layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Andrew R. Fox, John D. Stelter, Seyed A. Angadjivand, Timothy J. Lindquist, John M. Brandner, James E. Springett
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Publication number: 20110266718Abstract: A flat-fold respirator is made from a stiff filtration panel joined to the remainder of the respirator through at least one line of demarcation. The panel contains a porous monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web that contains charged intermingled continuous monocomponent polymeric fibers of the same polymeric composition and that has sufficient basis weight or inter-fiber bonding so that the web exhibits a Gurley Stiffness greater than 200 mg and the respirator exhibits less than 20 mm H2O pressure drop. The respirator may be formed without requiring additional stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers, or other reinforcement and can be flat-folded for storage. Scrap from the manufacturing process may be recycled to make additional stiff filtration panel web.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2011Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, James E. Springett, John M. Brandner, Marvin E. Jones, Andrew R. Fox, Michael R. Berrigan, John D. Stelter
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Patent number: 8029723Abstract: Shaped filtration articles are made from a monocomponent nonwoven web formed by flowing first and second fiber-forming materials of the same polymeric composition through first and second die cavities in respective fluid communication with first and second sets of orifices in a meltblowing die tip. The first fiber-forming material flows at a lesser flow rate or viscosity through the first die cavity and first set of orifices to form a set of smaller size filaments and the second fiber-forming material flows at a greater flow rate or viscosity through the second die cavity and second set of orifices to form a set of larger size filaments. The collected nonwoven web contains a meltblown bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled continuous microfibers and larger size fibers of the same polymeric composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2007Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, Marvin E. Jones, James E. Springett, John M. Brandner, Timothy J. Lindquist
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Patent number: 7989371Abstract: A porous nonwoven web and method of making are disclosed, wherein the web contains meltblown fibers and staple fibers. The meltblown fibers may be present as a bimodal mixture of microfibers and mesofibers, and comprise an intermingled mixture with staple fibers further intermingled therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, John M. Brandner, James E. Springett
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Patent number: 7989372Abstract: A molded respirator and method of making are disclosed, wherein the molded respirator is made from a porous nonwoven web containing meltblown fibers and staple fibers. The meltblown fibers may be present as a bimodal mixture of microfibers and mesofibers, and comprise an intermingled mixture with staple fibers further intermingled therein. The molded respirator may also contain at least one secondary filtration layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, John M. Brandner, James E. Springett
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Publication number: 20110074060Abstract: A molded respirator is made from a monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web containing a bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled continuous monocomponent polymeric microfibers and larger size fibers of the same polymeric composition. The respirator is a cup-shaped porous monocomponent monolayer matrix whose matrix fibers are bonded to one another at least some points of fiber intersection. The matrix has a King Stiffness greater than 1 N. The respirator may be formed without requiring stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers, or other reinforcement in the filter media layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, Andrew R. Fox, John D. Stelter, Timothy J. Lindquist, John M. Brandner, James E. Springett
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Patent number: 7902096Abstract: A porous monocomponent nonwoven web contains a bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled continuous microfibers and larger size fibers of the same polymeric composition. There are at least five times as many microfibers as larger size fibers, and a histogram of the mass fraction of fibers vs. fiber size exhibits a larger size fiber mode greater than 10 ?m. The web may be made by flowing fiber-forming material through a die cavity having larger size orifices and at least five times as many smaller size orifices to form filaments, attenuating the filaments into fibers and collecting the attenuated fibers to form the nonwoven web. The web is especially well suited to the manufacture of self-supporting three dimensional articles such as molded cup-shaped respirators and pleated air filters.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: John M. Brandner, William J. Kopecky, Seyed A. Angadjivand, James E. Springett, Timothy J. Lindquist
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Patent number: 7858163Abstract: A molded respirator is made from a monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web containing a bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled continuous monocomponent polymeric microfibers and larger size fibers of the same polymeric composition. The respirator is a cup-shaped porous monocomponent monolayer matrix whose matrix fibers are bonded to one another at at least some points of fiber intersection. The matrix has a King Stiffness greater than 1 N. The respirator may be formed without requiring stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers, or other reinforcement in the filter media layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, Andrew R. Fox, John D. Stelter, Timothy J. Lindquist, John M. Brandner, James E. Springett
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Publication number: 20100229516Abstract: A pleated filter is made from a monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web containing a bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled larger size and smaller size continuous monocomponent polymeric fibers of the same polymeric composition. Rows of pleats are formed in the nonwoven web, and the pleated web is cut to a desired size and shape to provide a filter element containing a self-supporting porous monocomponent monolayer matrix of fibers bonded to one another at least some points of fiber intersection and having an average initial submicron efficiency of at least 15% at a 1.52 meters/sec face velocity. The filter element is deformation resistant without requiring stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers or other reinforcing measures in the filter media layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Andrew R. Fox, John D. Stelter, Seyed A. Angadjivand, Timothy J. Lindquist, John M. Brandner, James E. Springett
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Publication number: 20100201041Abstract: A porous monocomponent nonwoven web contains a bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled continuous microfibers and larger size fibers of the same polymeric composition. There are at least five times as many microfibers as larger size fibers, and a histogram of the mass fraction of fibers vs. fiber size exhibits a larger size fiber mode greater than 10 ?m. The web may be made by flowing fiber-forming material through a die cavity having larger size orifices and at least five times as many smaller size orifices to form filaments, attenuating the filaments into fibers and collecting the attenuated fibers to form the nonwoven web. The web is especially well suited to the manufacture of self-supporting three dimensional articles such as molded cup-shaped respirators and pleated air filters.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventors: John M. Brandner, William J. Kopecky, Seyed A. Angadjivand, James E. Springett, Timothy J. Lindquist
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Patent number: 7754041Abstract: A pleated filter is made from a monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web containing a bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled larger size and smaller size continuous monocomponent polymeric fibers of the same polymeric composition. Rows of pleats are formed in the nonwoven web, and the pleated web is cut to a desired size and shape to provide a filter element containing a self-supporting porous monocomponent monolayer matrix of fibers bonded to one another at at least some points of fiber intersection and having an average initial submicron efficiency of at least 15% at a 1.52 meters/sec face velocity. The filter element is deformation resistant without requiring stiffening layers, bicomponent fibers or other reinforcing measures in the filter media layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Andrew R. Fox, John D. Stelter, Seyed A. Angadjivand, Timothy J. Lindquist, John M. Brandner, James E. Springett
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Publication number: 20090315224Abstract: Shaped filtration articles are made from a monocomponent nonwoven web formed by flowing first and second fiber-forming materials of the same polymeric composition through first and second die cavities in respective fluid communication with first and second sets of orifices in a meltblowing die tip. The first fiber-forming material flows at a lesser flow rate or viscosity through the first die cavity and first set of orifices to form a set of smaller size filaments and the second fiber-forming material flows at a greater flow rate or viscosity through the second die cavity and second set of orifices to form a set of larger size filaments. The collected nonwoven web contains a meltblown bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled continuous microfibers and larger size fibers of the same polymeric composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2007Publication date: December 24, 2009Inventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, Marvin E. Jones, James E. Springett, James E. Springett, John M. Brandner, Timothy J. Lindquist
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Publication number: 20080318024Abstract: A porous nonwoven web and method of making are disclosed, wherein the web contains meltblown fibers and staple fibers. The meltblown fibers may be present as a bimodal mixture of microfibers and mesofibers, and comprise an intermingled mixture with staple fibers further intermingled therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, John M. Brandner, James E. Springett
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Publication number: 20080315454Abstract: A method of making a nonwoven web is described, wherein the web contains meltblown fibers and staple fibers. The meltblown fibers may be present as a bimodal mixture of microfibers and mesofibers, and comprise an intermingled mixture with staple fibers further intermingled therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, John M. Brandner, James E. Springett
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Publication number: 20080318014Abstract: A molded respirator and method of making are disclosed, wherein the molded respirator is made from a porous nonwoven web containing meltblown fibers and staple fibers. The meltblown fibers may be present as a bimodal mixture of microfibers and mesofibers, and comprise an intermingled mixture with staple fibers further intermingled therein. The molded respirator may also contain at least one secondary filtration layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Seyed A. Angadjivand, John M. Brandner, James E. Springett