Patents by Inventor Raymond P. Shead

Raymond P. Shead 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: 7396437
    Abstract: Method and system for controlling web formation in the forming section of a paper machine includes measuring the amount of white water occurring during drainage in at least one drainage region of the forming section; and carrying out the web formation control on the basis of the white water measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Raymond P. Shead, Johann Moser
  • Patent number: 6929716
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture or treatment of a material web, in particular of a paper or a cardboard web, while using a respective machine, in particular a paper machine, including the step of measuring the hardness and/or the compactness of at least one clothing, in particular of at least one felt, fabric, belt and/or the like, of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Müch, Raymond P. Shead
  • Publication number: 20030205347
    Abstract: Method and system for controlling web formation in the forming section of a paper machine includes measuring the amount of white water occurring during drainage in at least one drainage region of the forming section; and carrying out the web formation control on the basis of the white water measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Raymond P. Shead, Johann Moser
  • Publication number: 20030164228
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture or treatment of a material web, in particular of a paper or a cardboard web, while using a respective machine, in particular a paper machine, including the step of measuring the hardness and/or the compactness of at least one clothing, in particular of at least one felt, fabric, belt and/or the like, of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Rudolf Munch, Raymond P. Shead
  • Patent number: 5773714
    Abstract: In a scanner used in a paper-making process to measure basis weight and other parameters of the fabricated paper sheet, variations in the separation of an opposed pair of sensing heads due to temperature induced deflections of upper and lower beams on which the heads are movably mounted as well as deflections and/or expansions of other portions of the support structure for the sensor are dynamically measured and compensated for. Temperature sensors mounted on carriages for the sensing heads measure the temperatures at different locations within the sensor support structure so that temperature differentials can be determined. The temperature differentials, which provide a measure of beam deflection at any given position of the head carrying carriage, are applied in accordance with a linearizing algorithm to correct the values provided by the sensing heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Honeywell-Measurex Corporation
    Inventor: Raymond P. Shead