Patents by Inventor William S. Pomplun

William S. Pomplun 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 for activating heat shrinkable ribbon on disposable garments and other articles
    Patent number: 4665306
    Abstract: Apparatus for activating heat shrinkable ribbon on disposable garments and other articles in which the ribbon is absorbent of electromagnetic radiation and is bombarded by infrared rays for a time long enough to activate and shrink the ribbon. Heated convection air may be directed past the infrared radiators toward the ribbon to cool the radiators and maintain a desired spectral distribution of the radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Roland, Jerry A. Johnston, William S. Pomplun
  • Formation of elasticized portions of disposable garments and other articles
    Patent number: 4663106
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for forming an elasticized portion of an article having a thermally-elasticizable strip along a marginal portion in which heated air is directed towards the strip at at least two different angles relative to the plane of the strip and at a velocity sufficient to cause oscillation of the marginal portion bearing the thermally-elasticizable strip; these conditions are maintained for a dwell time long enough to render the strip elastic when cooled to ambient conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Pomplun, Robert L. Popp, Paul A. Woon, Carl G. Schroth, Robert A. Stevens
  • Creping adhesives containing ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymers
    Patent number: 4440898
    Abstract: A creping adhesive comprises an admixture of an ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymer and a high molecular weight thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1984
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Pomplun, Herbert E. Grube
  • Creping adhesives containing poly 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline
    Patent number: 4436867
    Abstract: A creping adhesive comprises an admixture of poly 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline and a high molecular weight thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1984
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Pomplun, Herbert E. Grube