Patents by Inventor Kenny Randolph Parker

Kenny Randolph Parker 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).

  • CELLULOSE AND CELLULOSE ESTER FILM
    Publication number: 20200063353
    Abstract: A film is made from a wet laid product containing cellulose fibers and cellulose ester fibers and a plasticizer. The film can be made by heat pressing the wet laid sheet to form a film having a continuous phase of cellulose ester resin and a discontinuous phase of cellulose fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Kenny Randolph Parker
  • DEWATERING IN PAPER MAKING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20200063364
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising cellulose fibers and cellulose ester fibers and wet laid articles made from the compositions, as well as wet laid processes to produce these compositions. More specifically, the present invention provided compositions comprising cellulose fibers and cellulose acetate fibers and wet laid articles made from these compositions as well as wet laid processes to produce these compositions. The present invention also relates to developing a composition, process, wet laid product, or articles exhibiting any one of many desired benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Charles Stuart Everett, Kenny Randolph Parker, Mounir Izallalen, Koushik Ghosh
  • WATER REMOVAL BETWEEN WIRE AND WET PRESS OF A PAPER MILL PROCESS
    Publication number: 20200063345
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising cellulose fibers and cellulose ester fibers and wet laid articles made from the compositions, as well as wet laid processes to produce these compositions. More specifically, the present invention provided compositions comprising cellulose fibers and cellulose acetate fibers and wet laid articles made from these compositions as well as wet laid processes to produce these compositions. The present invention also relates to developing a composition, process, wet laid product, or articles exhibiting any one of many desired benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Kenny Randolph Parker, Koushik Ghosh, Mounir Izallalen
  • BALE OF VIRGIN CELLULOSE AND CELLULOSE ESTER
    Publication number: 20200063363
    Abstract: A bale of sheets made of virgin cellulose fibers and cellulose ester (CE) staple fibers can be fed to a hydropulper. The CE staple fibers have: i. a denier per filament (DPF) of less than 3, or ii. a cut length of less than 6 mm, or iii. crimping, or iv. a combination of any two or more of (i)-(iii). The bales can be fed and dropped in as entire bales to a hydropulper, or a blend tank directly or indirectly in fluid communication with a hydropulper, using the same feed system employed for feeding cellulose to the hydopulper and avoiding having to defiberize by pulling or drawing fibers from a box container into a hydropulper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Kenny Randolph Parker
  • SOFT WIPE COMPRISING CELLULOSE ACETATE
    Publication number: 20200063348
    Abstract: A soft wipe article is provided comprising a wet-laid sheet which comprises cellulosic fibers and cellulose ester staple fibers, wherein the cellulose ester staple fibers are present in an amount sufficient to provide the wet laid-sheet with a lower density and higher thickness at a given basis weight compared to a 100% Cellulose Comparative composition, when processed under similar conditions. The cellulose ester staple fibers can also provide the wet laid-sheet with a higher softness, while maintaining or increasing tear strength, compared to a 100% Cellulose Comparative composition, when processed under similar conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Kenny Randolph Parker, Mounir Izallalen, Koushik Ghosh
  • FOOD PACKAGING ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20200063367
    Abstract: Containers and lids made from cellulose fibers and cellulose ester fibers are provided that have enhanced air permeability, stiffness, R-heat insulation values, or thickness at equivalent grammage basis weights are provided, or alternatively, maintaining one or more of these properties while lowering the basis weight of the containers or lids. The container and lids with this synthetic fiber can be biodegradable when made with cellulose ester fibers having a degree of substitution of not more than 2.5. Examples of such containers are food packaging such as hot or cold delivery boxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kenny Randolph Parker, Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Mounir Izallalen, Koushik Ghosh
  • COMPOSITION OF MATTER IN A POST-REFINER BLEND ZONE
    Publication number: 20200063358
    Abstract: After cellulose fibers and cellulose ester fibers are co-refined, they are fed to a blend tank continuously feeds a wet laid process. The composition in the blend tank includes co-refined cellulose fibers and cellulose ester fibers and one or more additives, and the cellulose ester fibers have a denier per filament (DPF) of less than 3, a cut length of less than 6 mm, crimped, or non-round with a DPF of less than 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Kenny Randolph Parker, Koushik Ghosh, Mounir Izallalen
  • WASTE RECYCLE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20200063347
    Abstract: A recycled cellulose pulp composition is provided which comprises recycled cellulosic fibers and cellulose ester staple fibers. The recycled cellulose pulp containing co-refined re-cycled cellulose fibers and cellulose ester staple fibers can be added to a hydropulper and fed back through a refiner to make wet laid products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles Stuart Everett, Kenny Randolph Parker, Melvin Glenn Mitchell
  • COMPOSITION OF MATTER EFFLUENT FROM REFINER OF A WET LAID PROCESS
    Publication number: 20200063339
    Abstract: A composition and process for making the composition by co-refining: fibrillated virgin cellulose fibers, waste/recycle cellulose fibers, or both; co-refined cellulose ester (CE) staple fibers having a denier per filament (DPF) of less than 3 and the weight percent of CE staple fibers is less than 30 wt. %, based on the weight of CE staple fibers and said cellulose fibers; and water. The composition can be co-refined to obtain lower Canadian standard freeness yet improved drainage and wet laid products having good tensile strength, air permeability, stiffness, burst strength, and bulk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Kenny Randolph Parker, Koushik Ghosh, Mounir Izallalen
  • Production of purified dialkyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DAFD) in a retrofitted DMT plant
    Patent number: 10526301
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process to produce a purified vapor comprising dialkyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DAFD). Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and an alcohol in an esterification zone to generate a crude diester stream containing dialkyl furan dicarboxylate (DAFD), unreacted alcohol, 5-(alkoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (ACFC), and alkyl furan-2-carboxylate (AFC). The esterification zone comprises at least one reactor that has been previously used in an DMT process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kevin John Fontenot, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh
  • PRODUCTION OF PURIFIED DIALKYL-FURAN-2,5-DICARBOXYLATE (DAFD) IN A RETROFITTED DMT PLANT
    Publication number: 20200002301
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process to produce a purified vapor comprising dialkyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DAFD). Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and an alcohol in an esterification zone to generate a crude diester stream containing dialkyl furan dicarboxylate (DAFD), unreacted alcohol, 5-(alkoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (ACFC), and alkyl furan-2-carboxylate (AFC). The esterification zone comprises at least one reactor that has been previously used in an DMT process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kevin John Fontenot, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh
  • PROCESS OF MAKING TEXTURED MULTICOMPONENT FIBERS
    Publication number: 20190309441
    Abstract: A process for texturing a multicomponent fiber having a shaped cross section is provided. The process comprises: (A) providing a multicomponent fiber having a shaped cross section and at least one water dispersible polymer; and a plurality of domains comprising one or more water non-dispersible polymers, wherein said domains are substantially isolated from each other by said water dispersible polymer intervening between said domains; and (B) passing the multicomponent fiber through a first zone comprising a first heating device and a twisting unit, wherein the first heating device has a heating temperature that is at least 10% less than the temperature used for a fiber without the water dispersible component having the same water non-dispersible polymer, same number of total filaments in the fiber, and the same total denier for a given type of equipment and process conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Richard Moore Holbert, JR., Brandon Wesley Hale, Kenny Randolph Parker
  • ARTICLES COMPRISING MULTICOMPONENT FIBERS
    Publication number: 20190309444
    Abstract: An article is provided comprising a multicomponent fiber having a shaped cross section, wherein the multicomponent fiber comprises: (A) at least one water dispersible polymer; and (B) a plurality of domains comprising one or more water non-dispersible polymers, wherein said domains are substantially isolated from each other by said water dispersible polymer intervening between said domains; and wherein said water dispersible polymer is present at the perimeter of the outside cross-section of said multicomponent fiber in a proportion of not greater than 55% water dispersible polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Edgar N. Rudisill, Charles Stuart Everett, Brandon Wesley Hale, Richard Moore Holbert, JR., Loady Palmer Holbrook, JR., Kenny Randolph Parker, Johnathan Wayne Smith, Kevin Leonard Urman
  • PROCESS OF MAKING TEXTURED MULTICOMPONENT FIBERS
    Publication number: 20190309448
    Abstract: A process for texturing a multicomponent fiber is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Richard Moore Holbert, JR., Loady Palmer Holbrook, JR., Kenny Randolph Parker, Edgar N. Rudisill, Johnathan Wayne Smith, Kevin Leonard Urman
  • Production of purified dialkyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DAFD) in a retrofitted DMT plant
    Patent number: 10421736
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process to produce a purified vapor comprising dialkyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DAFD). Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and an alcohol in an esterification zone to generate a crude diester stream containing dialkyl furan dicarboxylate (DAFD), unreacted alcohol, 5-(alkoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (ACFC), and alkyl furan-2-carboxylate (AFC). The esterification zone comprises at least one reactor that has been previously used in an DMT process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kevin John Fontenot, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh
  • Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid purge process
    Patent number: 10350584
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kenny Randolph Parker, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin
  • PRODUCTION OF POLYETHYLENE FURANOATE IN A RETROFITTED PET PLANT
    Publication number: 20190023838
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the manufacture of a composition comprising PEF; wherein said process polymerizes FDCA and a diol in a polymerization reactor; wherein the polymerization reaction occurs in at least one reactor previously used in a polyester plant to produce said composition comprising PEF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: MESFIN EJERSSA JANKA, KEVIN JOHN FONTENOT, KENNY RANDOLPH PARKER
  • PRODUCTION OF PURIFIED DIALKYL-FURAN-2,5-DICARBOXYLATE (DAFD) IN A RETROFITTED DMT PLANT
    Publication number: 20190023677
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process to produce a purified vapor comprising dialkyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DAFD). Furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and an alcohol in an esterification zone to generate a crude diester stream containing dialkyl furan dicarboxylate (DAFD), unreacted alcohol, 5-(alkoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (ACFC), and alkyl furan-2-carboxylate (AFC). The esterification zone comprises at least one reactor that has been previously used in an DMT process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: KEVIN JOHN FONTENOT, Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh
  • PRODUCTION OF POLYETHYLENE FURANOATE IN A RETROFITTED POLYESTER PLANT
    Publication number: 20190023837
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the manufacture of a composition comprising PEF; wherein said process polymerizes FDCA and a diol in a polymerization reactor; wherein the polymerization reaction occurs in at least one reactor previously used in a polyester plant to produce said composition comprising PEF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: MESFIN EJERSSA JANKA, KEVIN JOHN FONTENOT, KENNY RANDOLPH PARKER
  • OXIDATION PROCESS TO PRODUCE A PURIFIED CARBOXYLIC ACID PRODUCT VIA SOLVENT DISPLACEMENT AND POST OXIDATION
    Publication number: 20180290994
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA). The process comprises oxidizing at least one oxidizable compound selected from the following group: 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF), 5-HMF esters (5-R(CO)OCH2-furfural where R=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-HMF ethers (5-R?OCH2-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), 5-alkyl furfurals (5-R?-furfural, where R?=alkyl, cycloalkyl and aryl), mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF esters and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF ethers and mixed feed-stocks of 5-HMF and 5-alkyl furfurals to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising FDCA, removing impurities from a crude carboxylic acid slurry in a liquid displacement zone to form a low impurity slurry stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: MESFIN EJERSSA JANKA, KENNY RANDOLPH PARKER, PAULA MOODY, ASHFAQ SHAHANAWAZ SHAIKH, LEE REYNOLDS PARTIN, BRADFORD RUSSELL BOWERS, MICHAEL CHARLES MORROW