Patents by Inventor Stephen John Sudall

Stephen John Sudall 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 making smooth uncreped throughdried sheets
    Patent number: 5888347
    Abstract: Uncreped throughdried cellulosic webs having improved smoothness and stretch are produced by transferring a newly formed web from the forming fabric to a slower moving, high fiber support transfer fabric, preferably using a fixed gap or kiss transfer in which the forming fabric and the transfer fabric converge and diverge at the leading edge of the transfer shoe. The web is then transferred to a throughdrying fabric and throughdried to final dryness, producing a web having an improved softness due to increased surface smoothness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark World Wide, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Alexander Engel, Michael John Rekoske, Theodore Edwin Farrington, Jr., Stephen John Sudall, Paul Edward Williams, David Arthur Hyland
  • Method for making smooth uncreped throughdried sheets
    Patent number: 5667636
    Abstract: Uncreped throughdried cellulosic webs having improved smoothness and stretch are produced by transferring a newly formed web from the forming fabric to a slower moving, high fiber support transfer fabric, preferably using a fixed gap or kiss transfer in which the forming fabric and the transfer fabric converge and diverge at the leading edge of the transfer shoe. The web is then transferred to a throughdrying fabric and throughdried to final dryness, producing a web having an improved softness due to increased surface smoothness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Alexander Engel, Michael John Rekoske, Theodore Edwin Farrington, Jr., Stephen John Sudall, Paul Edward Williams, David Arthur Hyland