Patents by Inventor Silvio W. Miccio

Silvio W. Miccio 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).

  • Fiber air-laying process for fibrous structures suitable for use in absorbent articles
    Patent number: 8438704
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process of making a fibrous structure, wherein roughly graded material is provided to rotating, apertured drums. The drums have at least one needle roll in their inside. The roughly graded material is agitated inside the drums, whereby fibers or small fiber clusters are separated from each other. These fibers and small fiber clusters are flung through the apertures to the outside of the drum, where they are directed onto a foraminous carrier to form a fibrous structure. The fibrous structures are especially useful in absorbent articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Birgit Wirtz, Thomas Ludwig Woschnik, Silvio W. Miccio
  • FIBER AIR-LAYING PROCESS FOR FIBROUS STRUCTURES SUITABLE FOR USE IN ABSORBENT ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20110061214
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a process of making a fibrous structure, wherein roughly graded material is provided to rotating, apertured drums. The drums have at least one needle roll in their inside. The roughly graded material is agitated inside the drums, whereby fibers or small fiber clusters are separated from each other. These fibers and small fiber clusters are flung through the apertures to the outside of the drum, where they are directed onto a foraminous carrier to form a fibrous structure. The fibrous structures are especially useful in absorbent articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Birgit WIRTZ, Thomas Ludwig Woschnik, Silvio W. Miccio