Patents by Inventor Robert Procter

Robert Procter 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).

  • Drying section
    Patent number: 6493962
    Abstract: Drying section of a machine for producing a material web. The drying section includes at least one web guidance device and at least one wire arranged to guide the material web through the at least one web guidance device. The at least one web guidance device is structured and arranged to direct pressurized gas at the material web so that, in a web travel direction, the material web is alternately lifted from the at least one wire and resting against the at least one wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kahl, Markus Oechsle, Roland Mayer, Eddie Bowden, Robert Procter
  • Drying section
    Publication number: 20010042316
    Abstract: Drying section of a machine for producing a material web. The drying section includes at least one web guidance device and at least one wire arranged to guide the material web through the at least one web guidance device. The at least one web guidance device is structured and arranged to direct pressurized gas at the material web so that, in a web travel direction, the material web is alternately lifted from the at least one wire and resting against the at least one wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: VOITH PAPER PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kahl, Markus Oechsle, Roland Mayer, Edwin Bowden, Robert Procter
  • Alkaline pulping of lignocellulosic material with amine pretreatment
    Patent number: 4091749
    Abstract: A lignocellulosic material, such as wood chips, is pretreated with an aqueous solution containing from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a water soluble lower aliphatic amine selected from monoethanolamine, methylamine and dimethylamine, at elevated temperature and pressure in a closed vessel. This pretreated material is then subjected to conventional soda or two-stage soda-oxygen pulping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1978
    Assignee: MacMillan Bloedel Limited
    Inventors: Alan Robert Procter, Wayne Ming Chow