Patents by Inventor Kimberly DOWNING

Kimberly DOWNING 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).

  • Patent number: 11286618
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making tissue paper in a machine for making tissue paper and in which method a fibrous web is passed through at least one press nip together with a texturing belt. The texturing belt has a side that faces the fibrous web in the press nip and the surface of that side is a web contacting surface that is textured. The texturing belt can be selected such that the tissue paper that is manufactured obtains desired values for one or several parameters. The invention also relates to a machine for making tissue paper. The machine comprises a forming section, a drying cylinder, a press having a first press unit and a second press unit between which press units a nip is formed. The second press unit is preferably a shoe roll. The machine also comprises a drying cylinder which is arranged to be heated from the inside by hot steam and on which a fibrous web can be dried by heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Albany International Corp.
    Inventors: Karl-Johan Tolfsson, Joergen Israelsson, Viktor Bergstroem, Kimberly Downing, Johan Ragard
  • Publication number: 20210207323
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making tissue paper in a machine for making tissue paper and in which method a fibrous web is passed through at least one press nip together with a texturing belt. The texturing belt has a side that faces the fibrous web in the press nip and the surface of that side is a web contacting surface that is textured. The texturing belt can be selected such that the tissue paper that is manufactured obtains desired values for one or several parameters. The invention also relates to a machine for making tissue paper. The machine comprises a forming section, a drying cylinder, a press having a first press unit and a second press unit between which press units a nip is formed. The second press unit is preferably a shoe roll. The machine also comprises a drying cylinder which is arranged to be heated from the inside by hot steam and on which a fibrous web can be dried by heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Albany International Corp.
    Inventors: Karl-Johan TOLFSSON, Joergen ISRAELSSON, Viktor BERGSTROEM, Kimberly DOWNING, Johan RAGARD