Patents by Inventor Thomas Thoroee Scherb

Thomas Thoroee Scherb 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).

  • Publication number: 20100059192
    Abstract: Machine, in particular a tissue machine, for production of a web of tissue material. The web of tissue material is produced by supplying at least two stock grades to a multilayer flow box, winding up the tissue web on a reel of a reel-up, and maintaining a winding nip having a line pressure of less than or equal to 0.8 kN/m to influence the hardness of the reel produced, in a machine that includes a multilayer flow box structured and arranged to supply at least two stock grades, an endless supporting belt, a drying cylinder and an opposing unit arranged to form a press nip, wherein endless supporting belt guides the web through the press nip, a reel-up for reeling up the tissue web, and a device to influence, in a predefined way, a hardness of a reel produced as the tissue web is reeled. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: VOITH PAPER PATENT GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas THOROEE SCHERB
  • Patent number: 7597778
    Abstract: Method and machine for production of a web of tissue material. The method includes supplying at least two stock grades to a multilayer flow box, winding up the tissue web on a reel of a reel-up, and influencing the hardness of the reel produced in a predefinable way. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Thoroee Scherb
  • Patent number: 7585395
    Abstract: A fabric for use by a papermaking machine, the fabric including a plurality of weft yarns, a plurality of warp yarns, and a woven fabric resulting from a repeating pattern of the weft yarns and warp yarns. Each of the weft yarn in the repeating pattern having a sequence of starting at a starting point then sequentially going over three adjacent warp yarns, under one warp yarn, over one warp yarn, under three warp yarns, over one warp yarn and under one warp yarn, the sequence then repeating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Scott D. Quigley, Thomas Thoröe Scherb
  • Publication number: 20090165979
    Abstract: System for drying a tissue or hygiene web. The system includes a permeable structured fabric carrying the web over a drying apparatus. A permeable dewatering fabric contacts the web and is guided over the drying apparatus. A mechanism is used to apply pressure to the permeable structured fabric, the web, and the permeable dewatering fabric at the drying apparatus. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: VOITH PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Thoroee Scherb, Jeffrey Herman, Luiz Carlos Silva, Hubert Walkenhaus
  • Patent number: 7527709
    Abstract: A permeable belt, a belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and the permeable belt, and a method of drying or pressing a web with the permeable belt. The permeable belt has a paper web facing side and is guided over a support surface. The permeable belt can have a tension of between approximately 20 kN/m and approximately 100 KN/m, a permeability value of between approximately 100 cfm and approximately 1200 cfm, a surface contact area of the paper web side that being between approximately 0.5% and approximately 90% when not under tension, and an open area of between approximately 1.0% and approximately 85%. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ademar Lippi Alves Fernandes, Martin Ringer, Carl Warren, Blake Hender, Daniel Sharkey, Thomas Thoroee Scherb
  • Patent number: 7510631
    Abstract: System for drying a tissue or hygiene web. The system includes a permeable structured fabric carrying the web over a drying apparatus. A permeable dewatering fabric contacts the web and is guided over the drying apparatus. A mechanism is utilized for applying pressure to the permeable structured fabric, the web, and the permeable dewatering fabric at the drying apparatus. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Thoroee Scherb, Jeffrey Herman, Luiz Carlos Silva, Hubert Walkenhaus
  • Patent number: 7476293
    Abstract: System for drying a tissue or hygiene web. The system includes a permeable structured fabric carrying the web over a drying apparatus. A permeable dewatering fabric contacts the web and is guided over the drying apparatus. A mechanism is used to apply pressure to the permeable structured fabric, the web, and the permeable dewatering fabric at the drying apparatus. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffrey Herman, Thomas Thoroee Scherb, Luiz Carlos Silva, Hubert Walkenhaus
  • Patent number: 7476294
    Abstract: A permeable belt, a belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and the permeable belt, and a method of drying or pressing a web with the permeable belt. The permeable belt can be tensioned to at least 30 KN/m. A side of the permeable belt has an open area of at least approximately 25% and a contact area of at least approximately 25%. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffrey Herman, Thomas Thoroee Scherb, Luiz Carlos Silva, Hubert Walkenhaus
  • Publication number: 20080196855
    Abstract: A permeable belt, a belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and the permeable belt, and a method of drying or pressing a web with the permeable belt. The permeable belt can be tensioned to at least 30 KN/m. A side of the permeable belt has an open area of at least approximately 25% and a contact area of at least approximately 25%. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: VOITH PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffrey HERMAN, Thomas Thoroee Scherb, Luiz Carlos Silva, Hubert Walkenhaus
  • Patent number: 7351307
    Abstract: A method of dewatering a fibrous web in a paper machine including the steps of carrying the fibrous web on a side of a first fabric; contacting the fibrous web with a side of a second fabric, the fibrous web being between the first fabric and the second fabric; and passing air successively through the first fabric, the fibrous web and the second fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Thoröe Scherb, Jeffrey Herman, Luiz Carlos Silva
  • Patent number: 7331120
    Abstract: A throughflow cylinder made at least partly of fiber-reinforced plastic including glass fibers, aramide fibers, carbon fibers, and/or carbon-reinforced plastic (CRP). The matrix material of the fiber-reinforced plastic includes a material heat resistant at least up to 300° C. such as a resin. At least one fiber layer is provided such that the coefficient of thermal expansion ? of the fiber-reinforced plastic is lower than that of steel at approximately 300° C. and preferably lies in a region of 0??<9·10?6·1/Kelvin. The manufacture of the fiber-reinforced plastic, for example carbon fiber-reinforced plastic, is such that more than approximately 30%, in particular more than approximately 50% and preferably more than approximately 70% of the fibers are oriented at least substantially in the peripheral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Thoröe Scherb, Harald Schmidt-Hebbel
  • Patent number: 7297233
    Abstract: A dewatering system in a paper machine includes a dewatering fabric and a press. The dewatering fabric includes a woven permeable fabric and a polymeric layer having openings therethrough, the polymeric layer is connected to the permeable fabric. The press applying pressure to a portion of the dewatering fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffrey Herman, Thomas Thoröe Scherb, Luiz Carlos Silva
  • Patent number: 7294237
    Abstract: A belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and a permeable belt having a side in pressing contact over a portion of the exterior surface of the roll. The permeable belt having a tension of at least 30 KN/m applied thereto. The side of the permeable belt having an open area of at least approximately 25%, and a contact area of at least approximately 25%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffrey Herman, Thomas Thoröe Scherb, Luiz Carlos Silva
  • Patent number: 7294239
    Abstract: An apparatus for dewatering a fiber web in a paper machine includes a heated drying surface, a permeable fabric carrying the fiber web, and a condensing region adjacent a portion of the permeable fabric on a side opposite the fiber web. The fiber web is interposed between and contacts each of the heated drying surface and the permeable fabric. The condensation region has: a) a temperature which is less than a temperature of the permeable fabric; and/or b) a pressure which is greater than an ambient pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Lomic, Jeffrey Herman, Thomas Thoröe Scherb
  • Patent number: 7291249
    Abstract: An apparatus for the manufacture of a structured fiber web including an imprinting fabric, a first pressure field device, a second pressure field device and a drying cylinder. The fiber web is formed and carried on the imprinting fabric with an initial dry content of less than 35%. The first pressure field device applies a first pressure field to the imprinting fabric and the fiber web, thereby pressing the fiber web onto the imprinting fabric, thereby pre-imprinting the fiber web. The second pressure field device applies a second pressure field to the imprinting fabric in the fiber web, thereby again pressing the fiber web onto the imprinting fabric, drying the fiber web and fixing a three-dimensional surface structure in the fiber web. The drying cylinder has the fiber web delivered thereto by the imprinting fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Thoröe-Scherb, Harald Schmidt-Hebbel, Jeffrey Herman
  • Patent number: 7150110
    Abstract: A method an apparatus for manufacturing a fiber web, in particular a web of tissue or hygiene material, provided with a three-dimensional surface structure, whereby the fiber web is pressed at a dry content of <25% onto an imprinting fabric by way of a first pressure field and is thereby pre-imprinted and is subsequently once more pressed onto an imprinting fabric by way of a further pressure field for further dewatering and drying in order to fix the three-dimensional surface structure and strength. Moreover, the dry content is achieved by a favorably priced apparatus instead of by a TAD drying apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffrey Herman, David A. Beck, Thomas Thoröe Scherb
  • Patent number: 7008506
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a machine and process for producing a tissue web. The machine includes a forming area including at least one rotating continuous dewatering wire with zonally varied wire permeability, and at least one shoe press. The process includes dewatering the tissue web with at least the at least one continuous dewatering wire with zonally varied wire permeability, and pressing the tissue web in the at least one shoe press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Thoröe Scherb, Harald Schmidt-Hebbel
  • Patent number: 6986830
    Abstract: A method and machine for the manufacture of a fiber web, in particular of a tissue web or of a hygienic web, in which the fiber web is formed on a soft clothing with fine pores and the clothing is guided over a surface subject to suction and in which the fiber web is transferred from a soft clothing with fine pores directly onto a TAD wire of a TAD drying apparatus. An optimum quality of the respective final product is achieved with an energy effort which is as low as possible, in particular, the energy effort required with vacuum generation in the dewatering of the fiber web is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Thoröe Scherb, Harald Schmidt-Hebbel, Jeffrey Herman
  • Patent number: 6841037
    Abstract: A machine for producing a tissue web is provided, including a former having a forming region which includes at least one circulating, continuous dewatering wire having zonally variable wire permeability. Furthermore, a process for producing the tissue web in a tissue machine is provided. The process includes forming the tissue web in a forming region of a former, wherein the forming region includes at least one circulating, continuous dewatering wire having zonally variable wire permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Thoröe Scherb, Harald Schmidt-Hebbel
  • Patent number: 6821391
    Abstract: A former for producing a tissue web and a process of making a tissue web using the former. The former includes a forming element, an inner dewatering belt, and an outer dewatering belt. The inner and outer belts converge to form a stock inlet nip. The inner and outer belts are guided over the forming element and thereafter separating from one another in the area of a separation point. At least one suction element is positioned adjacent the inner belt on a side which is opposite the outer belt. Alternatively, a conditioning device is positioned adjacent the outer belt. The process includes forming the tissue web in the area of the forming element, guiding the inner and outer belts around the forming element, and separating the inner and outer belts in the area of the separation point. Alternatively, the process includes conditioning the outer belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Thoröe Scherb, Harald Schmidt-Hebbel