Patents by Inventor Jill Anderson Georger

Jill Anderson Georger 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 of controlling basis weight profile using multi-layer consistency dilution
    Patent number: 6464833
    Abstract: The stock approach piping to a multi-layered headbox can be modified to include a dilution water header that independently supplies dilution water, such as whitewater, to multiple CD segments or zones of the tube bank which supply stock to each layer. The CD basis weight profile of the final sheet is monitored and, in response to the measured CD profile, dilution water flow is increased or decreased to those tube bank segments that need their consistency altered. By selectively controlling the basis weight of distinct segments of the CD profile for each layer, a more uniform sheet can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clarke Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jill Anderson Georger, Robert Thomas VanDen Heuvel, Christopher John Lawler
  • Method of controlling basis weight profile using multi-layer consistency dilution
    Publication number: 20010004928
    Abstract: The stock approach piping to a multi-layered headbox can be modified to include a dilution water header that independently supplies dilution water, such as whitewater, to multiple CD segments or zones of the tube bank which supply stock to each layer. The CD basis weight profile of the final sheet is monitored and, in response to the measured CD profile, dilution water flow is increased or decreased to those tube bank segments that need their consistency altered. By selectively controlling the basis weight of distinct segments of the CD profile for each layer, a more uniform sheet can be produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventors: Jill Anderson Georger, Robert Thomas VanDen Heuvel, Christopher John Lawler
  • Method of controlling basis weight profile using multi-layer consistency dilution
    Patent number: 6200423
    Abstract: The stock approach piping to a multi-layered headbox can be modified to include a dilution water header that independently supplies dilution water, such as whitewater, to multiple CD segments or zones of the tube bank which supply stock to each layer. The CD basis weight profile of the final sheet is monitored and, in response to the measured CD profile, dilution water flow is increased or decreased to those tube bank segments that need their consistency altered. By selectively controlling the basis weight of distinct segments of the CD profile for each layer, a more uniform sheet can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jill Anderson Georger, Robert Thomas VanDen Heuvel, Christopher John Lawler