Patents by Inventor Thomas Hanschen

Thomas Hanschen 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 of stretching film and such film
    Publication number: 20060082022
    Abstract: A method of stretching films in which all or a portion of the width of the film is cooled during or just after stretching so as to improve the uniformity of the film. The includes stretching a polymeric film in a tenter that grasps the film with a plurality of clips along the opposing edges of the film and propels the clips to thereby stretch the film. The tenter includes driven clips and idler clips, with at least one idler clip between respective pairs of driven clips. The cooling is done so as to improve the uniformity of the clip spacing relative to the spacing obtained at otherwise identical process conditions without such cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Martin Denker, Joseph Bartusiak, Anthony Ferguson, Thomas Hanschen, Jeffery Jackson, William Merrill, Susan Newhouse, Fred Roska, Richard Thompson, Chiu Wong