Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Killian

Thomas M. Killian 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).

  • Apparatus and method for the zoned placement of superabsorbent material
    Patent number: 5494622
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for forming a composite web having selected discrete pocket regions which are distributed on a carrier layer and contain high-absorbency material. The invention includes a pattern chamber having opposed side walls, an entrance end wall and an exit end wall. A particulate supplying mechanism provides particles of high-absorbency material into the pattern chamber, and a web supplying mechanism provides a gas permeable carrier layer. A foraminous forming mechanism moves the carrier layer through the pattern chamber, and the forming mechanism includes a pattern of openings which are formed therethrough and are arranged to provide for a selected pattern of the discrete pocket regions. A vacuum supplying mechanism provides a selected level of relatively low gas pressure at an underside region of the forming mechanism to produce a selected gas-flow through the carrier layer and the foraminous forming mechanism to form the pocket regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Mark G. Heath, John T. Hahn, Lorry F. Sallee, Joseph A. Mlinar, Thomas M. Killian, Thomas G. Olsen
  • Elastomeric polyether block amide nonwoven web
    Patent number: 4923742
    Abstract: An elastomeric nonwoven web is formed by meltblowing fibers composed of a polyether block amide copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Killian, Tony J. Wisneski
  • Composite elastomeric polyether block amide nonwoven web
    Patent number: 4820572
    Abstract: An elastomeric nonwoven web is formed by meltblowing fibers composed of a polyether block amide copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Killian, Tony J. Wisneski
  • Elastomeric polyether block amide nonwoven web
    Patent number: 4724184
    Abstract: An elastomeric nonwoven web is formed by meltblowing fibers composed of a polyether block amide copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Killian, Tony J. Wisneski