Patents by Inventor Nicholas Minde

Nicholas Minde 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 for manufacturing hygienic articles
    Patent number: 6692196
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a series of discrete hygienic articles. The apparatus includes a supply means, at least one manipulation means, a reception means spatially separated from the supply means, a manufacturing path segment extending from the supply means to the manipulation means and continuing to the reception means and a transportation system. The transportation system includes a plurality of independent transportation means for transportation of at least one discrete hygienic article along the manufacturing path segment and a guide means to guide all of the transportation means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rolf Simm, Robert George Cox, Nicholas Minde, Timothy Alan Burkett