Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Scattolino

Thomas F. Scattolino 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 a strong, bulky, absorbent paper sheet using restrained can drying
    Patent number: 5336373
    Abstract: A process for making a strong, bulky, absorbent paper sheet with improved uniformity by forming the web on a forming fabric with a furnish having a consistency in the range of from about 0.08% to about 0.6% solids, dewatering the web noncompressibly such that the web is the range of from about 30% to about 40% dry, transferring the web from the forming fabric to an imprinting fabric, lightly pressing the web and the imprinting fabric against the drying can to form a pattern of densifications in the web, can drying the web from no more than about 30% to 40% dry to at least 55% to 60% dry, and restraining the web between the imprinting fabric and the drying can during the can drying step until the web is at least 55% to 60% dry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Scott Paper Company
    Inventors: Thomas F. Scattolino, Howard J. Stern, John G. Trumball, Richard I. Wolkowicz