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).

  • PAPER PRESS PROCESS WITH HIGH HYDROLIC PRESSURE
    Publication number: 20200063352
    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: Kenny Randolph Parker, Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Koushik Ghosh, Mounir Izallalen
  • SHEET WITH HIGH SIZING ACCEPTANCE
    Publication number: 20200063370
    Abstract: A process is provided for applying sizing to a wet laid fibrous sheet that comprises providing an aqueous slurry that comprises cellulose fibers and cellulose ester staple fibers; forming the wet laid fibrous sheet from the slurry; and applying an aqueous sizing composition that comprises one or more sizing agents to the wet laid fibrous sheet. In embodiments, the cellulose ester staple fibers are present in an amount sufficient to permit the sheet to have a higher sizing composition uptake and to impart higher sizing properties to the sheet, compared to a sheet formed from a 100% cellulose fiber slurry, when processed under similar conditions.
    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
  • PAPER PRODUCT ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20200063351
    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 the 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
  • COMPOSITION OF MATTER FEED TO A HEAD BOX
    Publication number: 20200063359
    Abstract: A wet laid process includes a method for making paper in which a composition containing co-refined cellulose fibers and cellulose ester fibers made into a thick stock composition in a machine chest, the thick stock is fed to a cleaning/screening zone through a device that regulates the flow rate of thick stock, the consistency of the thick stock fed to the screening/cleaning zone is reduced to form a thin stock composition; the thin stock composition is subjected to a process for cleaning the thin stock and feeding the cleaned thin stock through screens to form a cleaned and screened thin stock composition, and the cleaned and screened thin stock composition is fed to a headbox.
    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
  • HIGHLY ABSORBENT ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20200063372
    Abstract: Absorbent wet laid products are made containing cellulose fibers and cellulose ester staple fibers that are co-refined to obtain products and articles that have improved water absorbency and tensile strength or burst strength or both. The absorbent wet laid products can now be made with a synthetic fiber in the wet laid operation since cellulose ester can be subjected to a refining operation.
    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
  • 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
  • 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: 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
  • 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: 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • PURIFYING CRUDE FURAN 2,5-DICARBOXYLIC ACID BY HYDROGENATION AND A PURGE ZONE
    Publication number: 20180215725
    Abstract: A process for purifying a crude furan 2,5-dicarboxylic acid composition (cFDCA) by hydrogenation of a FDCA composition dissolved in a hydrogenation solvent such as water, and hydrogenating under mild conditions, such as at a temperature within a range of 130° C. to 225° C. by contacting the solvated FDCA composition with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst under a hydrogen partial pressure within a range of 10 psi to 900 psi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: MESFIN EJERSSA JANKA, Kenny Randolph Parker, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Charles Edwan Sumner, Shane Kipley Kirk
  • FURAN-2,5-DICARBOXYLIC ACID PURGE PROCESS
    Publication number: 20180201596
    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: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: MESFIN EJERSSA JANKA, KENNY RANDOLPH PARKER, ASHFAQ SHAHANAWAZ SHAIKH, LEE REYNOLDS PARTIN
  • Oxidation process to produce a purified carboxylic acid product via solvent displacement and post oxidation
    Patent number: 10011579
    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 is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl), 5-HMF ethers (5-R?OCH2-furfural where R? is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl), 5-alkyl furfurals (5-R?-furfural where R? is alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl), mixed feedstocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF esters, mixed feedstocks of 5-HMF and 5-HMF ethers, and mixed feedstocks of 5-HMF and 5-alkyl furfurals to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising FDCA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Mesfin Ejerssa Janka, Kenny Randolph Parker, Paula Moody, Ashfaq Shahanawaz Shaikh, Lee Reynolds Partin, Bradford Russell Bowers, Michael Charles Morrow