Patents by Inventor Noel Horneck

Noel Horneck 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).

  • Method for application of nested zero waste ear to traveling web
    Patent number: 11590032
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of providing a disposable product with zero waste ear formation and attaching the ears to a running chassis web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CURT G. JOA, INC.
    Inventors: Robert E. Andrews, Jeffrey W. Fritz, John A. McCabe, Noel Horneck, Anthony A. Nelson, Daniel Van Dyke
  • METHOD FOR APPLICATION OF NESTED ZERO WASTE EAR TO TRAVELING WEB
    Publication number: 20200085636
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of providing a disposable product with zero waste ear formation and attaching the ears to a running chassis web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Robert E. Andrews, Jeffrey W. Fritz, John A. McCabe, Noel Horneck, Anthony A. Nelson, Daniel Van Dyke
  • Methods and apparatus for application of nested zero waste ear to traveling web
    Patent number: 10456302
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of providing a disposable product with zero waste ear formation and attaching the ears to a running chassis web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Curt G. Joa, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Andrews, Jeff W. Fritz, John A. McCabe, Noel Horneck, Anthony A. Nelson, Daniel Van Dyke
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION OF NESTED ZERO WASTE EAR TO TRAVELING WEB
    Publication number: 20130035222
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of providing a disposable product with zero waste ear formation and attaching the ears to a running chassis web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: Curt G. Joa, Inc.
    Inventors: ROBERT E. ANDREWS, Jeff W. Fritz, John A. McCabe, Noel Horneck, Anthony A. Nelson, Daniel Van Dyke
  • Methods and apparatus for application of nested zero waste ear to traveling web
    Patent number: 8016972
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process wherein a rotary knife or die, with one or more cutting edges, turns against and in coordination with a corresponding cylinder to create preferably trapezoidal ears. Ear material is slit into two lanes, one for a left side of a diaper and the other for a right side of a diaper. Fastening tapes are applied to both the right and the left ear webs. The ear material is then die cut with a nested pattern on a synchronized vacuum anvil. The resulting discrete ear pieces however, due to the trapezoidal pattern of the ears, alternate between a correct orientation and an incorrect (reversed) orientation. The reversed ear is required to be rotated 180° into the correct orientation such that the ears and associated tape present a left ear and a right ear on the diaper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Curt G. Joa, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E Andrews, Jeff W Fritz, Noel Horneck
  • Methods and apparatus for application of nested zero waste ear to traveling web
    Publication number: 20080276439
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process wherein a rotary knife or die, with one or more cutting edges, turns against and in coordination with a corresponding cylinder to create preferably trapezoidal ears. Ear material is slit into two lanes, one for a left side of a diaper and the other for a right side of a diaper. Fastening tapes are applied to both the right and the left ear webs. The ear material is then die cut with a nested pattern on a synchronized vacuum anvil. The resulting discrete ear pieces however, due to the trapezoidal pattern of the ears, alternate between a correct orientation and an incorrect (reversed) orientation. The reversed ear is required to be rotated 180° into the correct orientation such that the ears and associated tape present a left ear and a right ear on the diaper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Robert E. Andrews, Jeff W. Fritz, Noel Horneck