Patents by Inventor Robert Eugene Krautkramer

Robert Eugene Krautkramer 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 wetting and winding a substrate
    Publication number: 20030015209
    Abstract: A method of making wet rolls includes providing a web of material, applying a wetting solution to the web to produce a wet web, and winding the wet web into a roll. The wetting solution may be applied at an add-on greater than 25%, and the web may travel at a speed of at least 60 meters per minute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Brian James Gingras, Daniel Hoo, Paul Kerner Pauling, Clayton Taylor Gann, Robert Eugene Krautkramer, James Monroe Perkins, Anthony Mark Gambaro, Robert Alvin Barkhau, Andrew Peter Doyle, James Leo Baggot, Joe Cwiakala, Valter Di Nardo, Massimiliano Adalberti, Stefano Petri, Giulio Betti
  • Log saw diverter
    Publication number: 20020121170
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for dividing logs of substrate into rolls and a method of using this apparatus. The apparatus may include a distribution sprocket, a pocket for holding the log, a cutting device, and a device for collecting the rolls. Logs may be transported, divided, and distributed without the need for secondary clamping devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Mark Gambaro, Robert Eugene Krautkramer, Mark Edward Mertz, James Monroe Perkins, Thomas Paul Prillwitz, James Bennington Stopher
  • Saw for flexible substrates
    Publication number: 20020117032
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for dividing logs of substrate into rolls and a method of using this apparatus. The apparatus may include a distribution sprocket, a pocket for holding the log, and a cutting device. The forces applied to the log during the cutting procedure can be balanced by the reaction force of the pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Robert Eugene Krautkramer, Anthony Mark Gambaro, Mark Edward Mertz, James Monroe Perkins, Thomas Paul Prillwitz
  • Multi-blade log saw
    Publication number: 20020117030
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for dividing logs of substrate into rolls and a method of using this apparatus. The apparatus may include a distribution sprocket, a pocket for holding the log, a cutting device, and a device for collecting the rolls. Logs may be transported, divided, and distributed without the need for secondary clamping devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Anthony M. Gambaro, Robert Eugene Krautkramer, Mark Edward Mertz, James Monroe Perkins, Thomas Paul Prillwitz, James Bennington Stopher