Patents by Inventor Timothy James Rymer

Timothy James Rymer 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 and apparatus for making on-line stabilized absorbent materials
    Patent number: 6846448
    Abstract: A method for forming a stabilized airlaid layer (86) can include an airforming of a substantially unbonded fibrous layer (66) which includes absorbent fibers and binder-fibers. The fibrous layer (66) is exposed to high-frequency electromagnetic energy during a distinctively short activation period to activate the binder-fibers to provide the stabilized, airlaid layer (86). In a particular aspect the activation period can be not more than about 3 sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy James Rymer, Michael Barth Venturino, Mark Scott Lancaster, Robert Eugene Vogt, Dennis John DeGroot, Michael Joseph Garvey, James Alvin Boldra, Frank Paul Abuto
  • Targeted on-line stabilized absorbent structures
    Publication number: 20030119406
    Abstract: A nonwoven structure or web is provided where a binder fiber contains an energy receptive additive. The fiber provides rapid heating when subjected to dielectric energy such as radio frequency or microwave radiation. The energy receptive additive has a dielectric loss of at between 0.5, preferably 0.1 and most preferably 5, and 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Francis Paul Abuto, Mark John Beitz, Jayant Chakravarty, Jenny Lee Day, Michael Joseph Garvey, Timothy James Rymer, David Allen Stagray, Michael Barth Venturino, Jerome James Workman
  • Method and apparatus for making on-line stabilized absorbent materials
    Publication number: 20030116888
    Abstract: A method for forming a stabilized airlaid layer (86) can include an airforming of a substantially unbonded fibrous layer (66) which includes absorbent fibers and binder-fibers. The fibrous layer (66) is exposed to high-frequency electromagnetic energy during a distinctively short activation period to activate the binder-fibers to provide the stabilized, airlaid layer (86). In a particular aspect the activation period can be not more than about 3 sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Timothy James Rymer, Michael Barth Venturino, Mark Scott Lancaster, Robert Eugene Vogt, Dennis John DeGroot, Michael Joseph Garvey, James Alvin Boldra, Frank Paul Abuto