Patents by Inventor Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr.
Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr. 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).
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Patent number: 11292016Abstract: An apparatus for applying a first fluid to an advancing substrate comprising a nozzle body made, at least in part, using an additive manufacturing method. The nozzle body comprises a fluid orifice for receiving the first fluid; a conduit in fluid communication with the fluid orifice for receiving the first fluid received by the fluid orifice; a passageway in fluid communication with the conduit for receiving the first fluid received by the conduit; and a slot in fluid communication with the passageway for applying the first fluid to the advancing substrate. A method for making an apparatus comprising a nozzle body is also provided, comprising: sequentially forming, from at least one material using an additive manufacturing method, a plurality of layers in a configured pattern corresponding to a shape of at least one of an upper nozzle assembly member or of a lower nozzle assembly member of the nozzle body.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Uwe Schneider, Klaus Eimann, Agnieszka Zuzanna Ries, Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr., Dirk Manfred Georg Esser
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Patent number: 11096835Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for sealing absorbent cores of disposable diaper pants during the assembly process. The diaper pants may include a chassis connected with a ring-like elastic belt. Aspects of the assembly methods involve bonding a continuous length of absorbent cores between a continuous topsheet substrate and a continuous backsheet substrate advancing in a machine direction. The combined continuous topsheet substrate, continuous backsheet substrate, and continuous length of absorbent cores are then cut along a cross direction to create discrete chassis, wherein the topsheet, the backsheet, and the absorbent core of each chassis have equal longitudinal lengths. The discrete chassis are then deposited onto a first continuous elastic laminate and a second continuous elastic laminate. Opposing end regions of the absorbent cores may then be sealed by positioning a sealing layer across the topsheets of the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr., Uwe Schneider, Jeffry Rosiak
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Patent number: 10730715Abstract: The present disclosure relates to manufacturing elastomeric laminates that may include a first substrate, a second substrate, and an elastic material located between the first substrate and second substrate. Methods and apparatuses may be configured to automatically isolate elastic strands that may break during the assembly process. As discussed in more detail below, the apparatuses may include a snare member extending adjacent to and across a travel path of elastic materials in a converting process. Thus, during the manufacture process, stretched elastics strands may advance past the snare member without contacting the outer circumferential surface of the snare member before being joined with a substrate. In the event that an elastic strand breaks, an upstream end portion of the elastic strand may retract back toward the snare member, wherein the upstream end portion wraps partially or completely around the outer circumferential surface of the snare member.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr., Nicholas Paul Goyette, Tina Brown, Gregory Hugh Dean
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Publication number: 20200140224Abstract: The present disclosure relates to manufacturing elastomeric laminates that may include a first substrate, a second substrate, and an elastic material located between the first substrate and second substrate. Methods and apparatuses may be configured to automatically isolate elastic strands that may break during the assembly process. As discussed in more detail below, the apparatuses may include a snare member extending adjacent to and across a travel path of elastic materials in a converting process. Thus, during the manufacture process, stretched elastics strands may advance past the snare member without contacting the outer circumferential surface of the snare member before being joined with a substrate. In the event that an elastic strand breaks, an upstream end portion of the elastic strand may retract back toward the snare member, wherein the upstream end portion wraps partially or completely around the outer circumferential surface of the snare member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2020Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr., Nicholas Paul Goyette, Tina Brown, Gregory Hugh Dean
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Patent number: 10556770Abstract: The present disclosure relates to manufacturing elastomeric laminates that may include a first substrate, a second substrate, and an elastic material located between the first substrate and second substrate. Methods and apparatuses may be configured to automatically isolate elastic strands that may break during the assembly process. As discussed in more detail below, the apparatuses may include a snare member extending adjacent to and across a travel path of elastic materials in a converting process. Thus, during the manufacture process, stretched elastics strands may advance past the snare member without contacting the outer circumferential surface of the snare member before being joined with a substrate. In the event that an elastic strand breaks, an upstream end portion of the elastic strand may retract back toward the snare member, wherein the upstream end portion wraps partially or completely around the outer circumferential surface of the snare member.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr., Nicholas Paul Goyette, Tina Brown, Gregory Hugh Dean
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Patent number: 10478347Abstract: A nozzle assembly may be used to apply fluid to an advancing substrate. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle body made from a first material. The nozzle body may include one or more abrasion resistant materials fused to the nozzle body. The nozzle body may be configured to deposit a fluid, using a shim plate, onto the advancing substrate. As the substrate advances past the nozzle assembly, the substrate and/or the fluid may contact the nozzle assembly resulting in wear. The one or more abrasion resistant materials, which is different than the first material of the nozzle body, may be fused to a portion of the nozzle body to reduce the wear and prolong the life of the nozzle body. Thus, the portion of the nozzle body having the abrasion resistant material is restored rather than having to replace the entire nozzle body.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Klaus Eimann, Uwe Schneider, Dirk Esser, Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190283050Abstract: An apparatus for applying a first fluid to an advancing substrate comprising a nozzle body made, at least in part, using an additive manufacturing method. The nozzle body comprises a fluid orifice for receiving the first fluid; a conduit in fluid communication with the fluid orifice for receiving the first fluid received by the fluid orifice; a passageway in fluid communication with the conduit for receiving the first fluid received by the conduit; and a slot in fluid communication with the passageway for applying the first fluid to the advancing substrate. A method for making an apparatus comprising a nozzle body is also provided, comprising: sequentially forming, from at least one material using an additive manufacturing method, a plurality of layers in a configured pattern corresponding to a shape of at least one of an upper nozzle assembly member or of a lower nozzle assembly member of the nozzle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Uwe Schneider, Klaus Eimann, Agnieszka Zuzanna Ries, Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, JR., Dirk Manfred Georg Esser
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Publication number: 20180369024Abstract: A nozzle assembly may be used to apply fluid to an advancing substrate. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle body made from a first material. The nozzle body may include one or more abrasion resistant materials fused to the nozzle body. The nozzle body may be configured to deposit a fluid, using a shim plate, onto the advancing substrate. As the substrate advances past the nozzle assembly, the substrate and/or the fluid may contact the nozzle assembly resulting in wear. The one or more abrasion resistant materials, which is different than the first material of the nozzle body, may be fused to a portion of the nozzle body to reduce the wear and prolong the life of the nozzle body. Thus, the portion of the nozzle body having the abrasion resistant material is restored rather than having to replace the entire nozzle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2017Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Klaus Eimann, Uwe Schneider, Dirk Esser, Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, JR.
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Patent number: 10065831Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for manufacturing absorbent articles. More particularly, the systems and methods for folding absorbent articles advancing in a converting line may be configured with tucker blades that prevent opposing end regions of absorbent articles from colliding directly with each other as the absorbent articles are being folded.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Peter Wiedmann, Todd Douglas Lenser, Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr., Yoichiro Yamamoto, Andreas Josef Dreher
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Publication number: 20180168885Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for sealing absorbent cores of disposable diaper pants during the assembly process. The diaper pants may include a chassis connected with a ring-like elastic belt. Aspects of the assembly methods involve bonding a continuous length of absorbent cores between a continuous topsheet substrate and a continuous backsheet substrate advancing in a machine direction. The combined continuous topsheet substrate, continuous backsheet substrate, and continuous length of absorbent cores are then cut along a cross direction to create discrete chassis, wherein the topsheet, the backsheet, and the absorbent core of each chassis have equal longitudinal lengths. The discrete chassis are then deposited onto a first continuous elastic laminate and a second continuous elastic laminate. Opposing end regions of the absorbent cores may then be sealed by positioning a sealing layer across the topsheets of the chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink, II, Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, JR., Uwe Schneider, Jeffry Rosiak
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Publication number: 20170305708Abstract: The present disclosure relates to manufacturing elastomeric laminates that may include a first substrate, a second substrate, and an elastic material located between the first substrate and second substrate. Methods and apparatuses may be configured to automatically isolate elastic strands that may break during the assembly process. As discussed in more detail below, the apparatuses may include a snare member extending adjacent to and across a travel path of elastic materials in a converting process. Thus, during the manufacture process, stretched elastics strands may advance past the snare member without contacting the outer circumferential surface of the snare member before being joined with a substrate. In the event that an elastic strand breaks, an upstream end portion of the elastic strand may retract back toward the snare member, wherein the upstream end portion wraps partially or completely around the outer circumferential surface of the snare member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, JR., Nicholas Paul Goyette, Tina Brown, Gregory Hugh Dean
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Patent number: 9758339Abstract: The present disclosure relates to manufacturing elastomeric laminates that may include a first substrate, a second substrate, and an elastic material located between the first substrate and second substrate. Methods and apparatuses may be configured to automatically isolate elastic strands that may break during the assembly process. As discussed in more detail below, the apparatuses may include a snare member extending adjacent to and across a travel path of elastic materials in a converting process. Thus, during the manufacture process, stretched elastics strands may advance past the snare member without contacting the outer circumferential surface of the snare member before being joined with a substrate. In the event that an elastic strand breaks, an upstream end portion of the elastic strand may retract back toward the snare member, wherein the upstream end portion wraps partially or completely around the outer circumferential surface of the snare member.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr., Nicholas Paul Goyette, Tina Brown, Gregory Hugh Dean
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Patent number: 9463942Abstract: An apparatus may be used to control the cross-directional movement of a web advancing in a machine direction. The web defines a machine direction centerline. The apparatus may include a frame rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a guide member connected with the frame and configured to receive an advancing web. The apparatus may include a first rotation member connected with the frame and configured to rotate the frame by a first angle of rotation about the first axis of rotation to align a machine direction centerline of the advancing web with a target cross-directional position. The apparatus comprises a second rotation member connected with the frame and configured to rotate the frame about a second axis of rotation by a second angle of rotation to adjust the target cross-directional position, wherein the second angle of rotation is greater than the first angle of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2013Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr., Todd Douglas Lenser
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Publication number: 20150090393Abstract: The present disclosure relates to manufacturing elastomeric laminates that may include a first substrate, a second substrate, and an elastic material located between the first substrate and second substrate. Methods and apparatuses may be configured to automatically isolate elastic strands that may break during the assembly process. As discussed in more detail below, the apparatuses may include a snare member extending adjacent to and across a travel path of elastic materials in a converting process. Thus, during the manufacture process, stretched elastics strands may advance past the snare member without contacting the outer circumferential surface of the snare member before being joined with a substrate. In the event that an elastic strand breaks, an upstream end portion of the elastic strand may retract back toward the snare member, wherein the upstream end portion wraps partially or completely around the outer circumferential surface of the snare member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventors: Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, JR., Nicholas Paul Goyette, Tina Brown, Greg Hugh Dean
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Publication number: 20150083848Abstract: An apparatus may be used to control the cross-directional movement of a web advancing in a machine direction. The web defines a machine direction centerline. The apparatus may include a frame rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a guide member connected with the frame and configured to receive an advancing web. The apparatus may include a first rotation member connected with the frame and configured to rotate the frame by a first angle of rotation about the first axis of rotation to align a machine direction centerline of the advancing web with a target cross-directional position. The apparatus comprises a second rotation member connected with the frame and configured to rotate the frame about a second axis of rotation by a second angle of rotation to adjust the target cross-directional position, wherein the second angle of rotation is greater than the first angle of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, JR., Todd Douglas Lenser
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Publication number: 20140342895Abstract: The present disclosure relates systems and methods for folding absorbent articles advancing in a converting line. The folding processes and apparatuses herein may be configured with tucker blades that are configured to maximize the period of time wherein the leading edges of the tucker blades move at maximum speeds during the folding process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Peter Wiedmann, Todd Douglas Lenser, Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, JR., Yoichiro Yamamoto, Andreas Josef Dreher
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Publication number: 20140339046Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for rejecting defective absorbent articles from a converting line. At a downstream portion of a converting process, the continuous length of absorbent articles may be subjected to a final knife and cut to create separate and discrete absorbent articles in the form of diapers. From the final knife, the discrete absorbent articles may then advance in a first direction on a first carrier. A pneumatic system may be activated to redirect the leading end portion of a defective absorbent article advancing from the first carrier, while upstream of a second carrier. In turn, the redirected leading end portion of the defective absorbent article is transferred from the first carrier to a third carrier. And the third carrier advances the defective absorbent article with the third carrier along the reject article transport path away from the converting process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Peter Wiedmann, Todd Douglas Lenser, Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr., Yoichiro Yamamoto, Andreas Josef Dreher
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Publication number: 20140342894Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for manufacturing absorbent articles. More particularly, the systems and methods for folding absorbent articles advancing in a converting line may be configured with tucker blades that prevent opposing end regions of absorbent articles from colliding directly with each other as the absorbent articles are being folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Peter Wiedmann, Todd Douglas Lenser, Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, JR., Yoichiro Yamamoto, Andreas Josef Dreher