Patents by Inventor Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer
Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer 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).
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Publication number: 20230372165Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent article comprising: a core chassis and a leg gasketing system comprising a pair of wearer facing cuff regions formed by inwardly extending cuff material over a wearer facing side of the core chassis, each wearer facing cuff region comprising a longitudinally extending inner cuff sealing and a longitudinally extending inner cuff free edge positioned inward from the inner cuff sealing, wherein the inner cuff sealing bonds the cuff material and a topsheet, and an inner cuff elastic element is disposed adjacent the inner cuff free edge; a pair of garment facing cuff regions formed by inwardly extending the cuff material over a garment facing side of the core chassis, and a pair of outer cuff elastic elements disposed on wearer facing cuff regions or garment facing cuff regions, each outer cuff elastic element superposing the core side regions and disposed outward from the inner cuff sealings.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Koichi MORIMOTO, Natalia Nikolaewna GAIKO, Christine Elisabeth SCHOBER, Mengmeng ZHANG, Sarah ZITZER, Thomas TOMBUELT-MEYER, Petra BALLENBERGER, Lei CHEN, Franz-Josef HERMES, Aaron Jeffrey KNOOP, Kyle James RAABE, John Andrew STRASEMEIER
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Patent number: 11793682Abstract: An absorbent article, preferably a disposable absorbent article such as a diaper, is disclosed having an absorbent core which imparts increased wearing comfort to the article and makes it thin and dry. The absorbent core useful for an absorbent article comprises a substrate layer, a discontinuous layer of absorbent material, and a layer of thermoplastic material. A second surface of the discontinuous layer of absorbent material is in at least partial contact with a first surface of the substrate layer. Portions of a second surface of the layer of thermoplastic material are in direct contact with the first surface of the substrate layer and portions of said second surface of the layer of thermoplastic material are in direct contact with a first surface of the discontinuous layer of absorbent material. A process for providing a storage layer for an absorbent core useful in an absorbent article is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ludwig Busam, Uwe Jurgen Becker, Michael Divo, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Roland Engel, Torsten Lindner, Siegfried Link, Volker Maier, Sanaul Kabir Siddiquee, Gabriele Stiehl, Thomas Tombuelt Meyer
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Publication number: 20190365581Abstract: An absorbent article, preferably a disposable absorbent article such as a diaper, is disclosed having an absorbent core which imparts increased wearing comfort to the article and makes it thin and dry. The absorbent core useful for an absorbent article comprises a substrate layer, a discontinuous layer of absorbent material, and a layer of thermoplastic material. A second surface of the discontinuous layer of absorbent material is in at least partial contact with a first surface of the substrate layer. Portions of a second surface of the layer of thermoplastic material are in direct contact with the first surface of the substrate layer and portions of said second surface of the layer of thermoplastic material are in direct contact with a first surface of the discontinuous layer of absorbent material. A process for providing a storage layer for an absorbent core useful in an absorbent article is further disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Ludwig BUSAM, Uwe Jurgen BECKER, Michael DIVO, Bruno Johannes EHRNSPERGER, Roland ENGEL, Torsten LINDNER, Siegfried LINK, Volker MAIER, Sanaul Kabir SIDDIQUEE, Gabriel STIEHL, Thomas TOMBUELT MEYER
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Patent number: 10470948Abstract: An absorbent article, preferably a disposable absorbent article such as a diaper, is disclosed having an absorbent core which imparts increased wearing comfort to the article and makes it thin and dry. The absorbent core useful for an absorbent article comprises a substrate layer, a discontinuous layer of absorbent material, and a layer of thermoplastic material. A second surface of the discontinuous layer of absorbent material is in at least partial contact with a first surface of the substrate layer. Portions of a second surface of the layer of thermoplastic material are in direct contact with the first surface of the substrate layer and portions of said second surface of the layer of thermoplastic material are in direct contact with a first surface of the discontinuous layer of absorbent material. A process for providing a storage layer for an absorbent core useful in an absorbent article is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ludwig Busam, Uwe Jurgen Becker, Michael Divo, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Roland Engel, Torsten Lindner, Siegfried Link, Volker Maier, Sanaul Kabir Siddiquee, Gabriel Stiehl, Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer
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Patent number: 10085897Abstract: A fastener for a disposable absorbent article, having a fixed portion attachable to the article, a connective portion joined to and contiguous with the fixed portion, and a folding line disposed between the fixed and connective portions. The fastener may be free of a release tape. The fastener may further comprise an adhesive disposed upon a surface of the fixed portion of the fastener being attached to the article, the adhesive being offset from each of the edges of the fixed portion including the edge formed by the folding line, the dimensions of the offsets being defined herein. The adhesive may be applied during the assembly of the absorbent article on a converting line.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: James David Landgrebe, Joerg Mueller, Darren Lee Goad, Markus Rosar, Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer
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Patent number: 9693909Abstract: A method and device for turning a continuous supply of absorbent cores oriented in cross machine direction into a machine direction orientation and dividing the supply of absorbent cores into two or more sub-lines is provided. The device includes a plurality of turning plates which each include means for picking up, holding and releasing the absorbent cores, means for reversibly transferring the turning plates from a core pick-up point to a core release point, each turning plate being mounted rotationally on an axis, so that the absorbent cores can be re-oriented from a cross-machine direction at the pick-up point into machine direction at the release point while being held on the turning plates. Each turning plate includes means for picking up, holding and releasing two or more absorbent cores.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer, Rodrido Rosati
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Publication number: 20160346994Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming and transferring an unbonded fibrous structure to a carrier, the method comprising the steps of: receiving fibrous material on a shell travelling at a first speed through a receiving zone to form a fibrous patch; transferring the shell from the receiving zone to an application zone; applying the fibrous patch to the carrier travelling at a second speed through the application zone; and controlling the speed of the shell by a motor, the motor comprising a stator and at least one mover; wherein the shell is driven by at least one mover, wherein the mover maintains the shell at the first speed in the receiving zone and the second speed in the application zone, and wherein the mover is mounted on a stationary track.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Walter Pieter Hendrik Laurentius VAN DER KLUGT, Thomas Tombuelt Meyer, Jan Michael Trinkaus
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Patent number: 9006366Abstract: Processes for making water-absorbent cross-linked polymers, such as polyacrylic acids/polyacrylates, using supercritical medium; and water-absorbent polymers, e.g. particles thereof, obtained by such processes, where such particles may be porous.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer, Axel Meyer, Torsten Lindner
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Publication number: 20140135726Abstract: An absorbent article, preferably a disposable absorbent article such as a diaper, is disclosed having an absorbent core which imparts increased wearing comfort to the article and makes it thin and dry. The absorbent core useful for an absorbent article comprises a substrate layer, a discontinuous layer of absorbent material, and a layer of thermoplastic material. A second surface of the discontinuous layer of absorbent material is in at least partial contact with a first surface of the substrate layer. Portions of a second surface of the layer of thermoplastic material are in direct contact with the first surface of the substrate layer and portions of said second surface of the layer of thermoplastic material are in direct contact with a first surface of the discontinuous layer of absorbent material. A process for providing a storage layer for an absorbent core useful in an absorbent article is further disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ludwig BUSAM, Uwe Jurgen Becker, Michael Divo, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Roland Engel, Torsten Lindner, Siegfried Link, Volker Maier, Sanaul Kabir Siddiquee, Gabriel Stiehl, Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer
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Publication number: 20130260978Abstract: A method and device for turning a continuous supply of absorbent cores oriented in cross machine direction into a machine direction orientation and dividing the supply of absorbent cores into two or more sub-lines is provided. The device includes a plurality of turning plates which each include means for picking up, holding and releasing the absorbent cores, means for reversibly transferring the turning plates from a core pick-up point to a core release point, each turning plate being mounted rotationally on an axis, so that the absorbent cores can be re-oriented from a cross-machine direction at the pick-up point into machine direction at the release point whilst being held on the turning plates. Each turning plate includes means for picking up, holding and releasing two or more absorbent cores.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer, Rodrido Rosati
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Publication number: 20120108687Abstract: Processes for making water-absorbent cross-linked polymers, such as polyacrylic acids/polyacrylates, using supercritical medium; and water-absorbent polymers, e.g. particles thereof, obtained by such processes, where such particles may be porous.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thomas Tombuelt-Meyer, Axel Meyer, Torsten Lindner
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Patent number: 7527823Abstract: A method of producing an absorbent article, including: metering particles at a predetermined flow rate to form a metered particle stream; carrying the metered particle stream in a carrier flow to form a carried particle stream; pulsing the carried particle stream to form a pulsed particle stream; and transferring a pulse from the pulsed particle stream onto a forming surface of the absorbent article.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2006Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Thomas Tombült-Meyer, Frank Hubert Frings, Markus Borbach, Miguel Brandt Sanz, Mattias Schmidt, Peter Dziezok, Claus-Peter Stoelzel, John Peter Lankhof