Patents by Inventor Joseph Robert Riegert

Joseph Robert Riegert 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, seaming assembly and method for placing seams in a continuously moving web
    Patent number: 7520230
    Abstract: A seaming assembly for placing seams in a continuously moving web of material. The seaming assembly includes a first support that is movable in a machine direction and a second support which is secured to the first support. The second support is movable relative to the first support in a cross direction. A seaming mechanism is mounted on the second support to place seams in the web that are at least partially in the cross direction. The first support may be movable in the machine direction at a speed that is substantially the same as the web such that the seaming mechanism places seams in the web that are substantially in the cross direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendon Frank Ribble, Robert Clarke Hochholzer, Joseph Robert Riegert
  • Wet wipes having increased stack thickness
    Publication number: 20080248239
    Abstract: A product including a plurality of sheets formed from a basesheet material comprising at least 1.0 percent natural fibers. The plurality of sheets impregnated with a liquid, and having a moisture content between about 150 weight percent to about 600 weight percent. Each of the plurality of sheets folded to form at least one folded edge and the plurality of folded sheets placed one on top of another to form a wet wipes stack. The wet wipes stack having a Calculated per Layer Stack Thickness of greater than about 0.52 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Stacey Lynn Pomeroy, John David Amundson, Joseph Robert Riegert, Gerald Keith Sosalla, Drea Clark Bruss, John Martin Wydeven
  • Apparatus, seaming assembly and method for placing seams in a continuously moving web
    Patent number: 6945185
    Abstract: A seaming assembly for placing seams in a continuously moving web of material. The seaming assembly includes a first support that is movable in a machine direction and a second support which is secured to the first support. The second support is movable relative to the first support in a cross direction. A seaming mechanism is mounted on the second support to place seams in the web that are at least partially in the cross direction. The first support may be movable in the machine direction at a speed that is substantially the same as the web such that the seaming mechanism places seams in the web that are substantially in the cross direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendon Frank Ribble, Robert Clarke Hochholzer, Joseph Robert Riegert
  • Apparatus, seaming assembly and method for placing seams in a continuously moving web
    Publication number: 20040139896
    Abstract: A seaming assembly for placing seams in a continuously moving web of material. The seaming assembly includes a first support that is movable in a machine direction and a second support which is secured to the first support. The second support is movable relative to the first support in a cross direction. A seaming mechanism is mounted on the second support to place seams in the web that are at least partially in the cross direction. The first support may be movable in the machine direction at a speed that is substantially the same as the web such that the seaming mechanism places seams in the web that are substantially in the cross direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendon Frank Ribble, Robert Clarke Hochholzer, Joseph Robert Riegert