Patents by Inventor Rudolf Heege

Rudolf Heege 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 and apparatus for manufacturing a tampon packaging
    Patent number: 10603231
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a tampon packaging where the packaging is manufactured separately from the tampon. A first transversal end is overlapped with a second transversal end of a strip of heat-sealable film. The first transversal end is heat sealed to the second transversal end of the heat-sealable film, thereby forming a tube of film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Ontex BVBA
    Inventors: Rudolf Heege, Thomas Heege
  • Nonwoven unit
    Patent number: 10517772
    Abstract: The current invention concerns an improved method for intermittently providing strips of a continuous first web material onto a continuous second web material, in particular a method for manufacturing tampon blanks, in a continuous process, thus avoiding the disadvantages of stop-and-go methods. Furthermore, an apparatus or system is provided for executing said methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Ontex BVBA
    Inventors: Thomas Heege, Rudolf Heege
  • Water jump course
    Patent number: 5253864
    Abstract: A water jump course comprises a jump slope, a boat and a water tank. The boat has front wheels and rear wheels with different gauges. In the lift-off zone of the jump slope, the rolling surface for the rear wheels is curved less markedly upwards than the rolling surface for the front wheels. Alternatively, the wheels may be of the same gauge and the rolling surface for the wheels at the jump slope lower end is movable in the vertical direction. An air cushion may also be provided in the landing area of the boat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Weber Karussell AG
    Inventors: Bernard Heege, Hans Hofmann, Rudolf Heege