Patents Issued in December 8, 2016
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Publication number: 20160355951Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, multicomponent fiber comprising (a) a polymeric core that comprises a core-forming polymer and (b) a polymeric sheath that comprises a hydrophilic polymer, wherein the core-forming fiber is more hydrophobic than the hydrophilic polymer and wherein the polymeric core, the polymeric sheath, or both, further comprises a hydrophilic excipient material. Other aspects of the present invention pertain to methods of forming such multicomponent fibers. Still other aspects of the present invention pertain to meshes and other articles that are formed using the multicomponent fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Quynh Pham, Xuri Ray Yan, Abby Defeault, Toby Freyman, Joseph Lomakin, Gregory T. Zugates
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Publication number: 20160355952Abstract: A method for producing a fiber having a pattern on a surface thereof. The fiber is produced by a method including forming a photosensitive composition layer on a template layer having a pattern, bonding a film including an adhesive layer on a principal plane onto the photosensitive composition layer, linearly exposing the photosensitive composition layer to light, separating an exposed laminate comprising the photosensitive composition layer, the adhesive layer, and the film from the template layer, and developing the photosensitive composition layer in the separated laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: Takahiro SENZAKI
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Publication number: 20160355953Abstract: A method for producing a fiber having a pattern on a surface thereof, the method including forming a resin composition layer having a linear first pattern using a resin composition; and forming a second pattern on the resin composition layer. The second pattern may be formed by forming a thin film of a block copolymer comprising at least two block chains different from each other in surface free energy on the resin composition layer and subjecting the block copolymer to microphase separation. Alternatively, the second pattern is formed by adhering particles onto the resin composition layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: Takahiro SENZAKI
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Publication number: 20160355954Abstract: With a method for operating a spinning machine (1), with a multiple number of work stations (2) arranged next to each other, each work station (2), as a work element (3, 28, 4, 10, 16, 17, 18), features at least one spinning unit (3) with a spinning device (28), one winding device (4) and handling elements (10, 16, 17, 18) of their own work station for spinning back in the thread (F). If the spinning process is interrupted, a thread end (6) on the coil side is provided in a defined receiving position (A) at the work station (2). For spinning back in a thread (F), the thread end (6) on the coil side is cut to length by work elements (3, 28, 4, 10, 16, 17, 18) of the work station (2), in particular the handling elements (10, 16, 17, 18) of their own work station, received from the receiving position (A), prepared for spinning back in and spun in.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Romeo Pohn, Adalbert Stephan, Gerd Stahlecker, Gernot Schaeffler
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Publication number: 20160355955Abstract: A circular loom is provided for constructing a looped woven article with integrated warp elements; a method of constructing a looped woven article utilizing a circular loom.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: Deborah Jean Hall
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Publication number: 20160355956Abstract: A radial braiding machine includes a bobbin gear through which stationary yarns and braiding yarns are fed, a braiding ring through which the stationary yarns and braiding yarns are guided, and at least one transport device for transporting a core to be over-braided. The braiding ring has a non-round internal cross-section when projected onto a yarn outlet plane spanned by the bobbin gear. A braiding ring, a flat braid and a method of producing the flat braid are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: GREGOR BAUMGART, KARL-JOSEF BROCKMANNS, JOERG WIRTZ, MARTIN LEIFELD, BERND NEFIGMANN
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Publication number: 20160355957Abstract: A method of play and kits and systems for creating play patterns related to making and decorating objects with pom poms are provided. The methods and kits may include a pellet that includes a plurality of threads of fiber of substantially the same length arranged in parallel along their transverse lengths, wherein the threads of fiber are arranged such that at least one end of each fiber lies in a plane to form a plane of fiber ends and wherein the pellet further comprises a container that surrounds the transverse lengths of the plurality of fibers and is open at one end exposing the plane of fiber ends. The pellet is coupled to an adhesive segment at the plane of fiber ends. The adhesive segment including the pellet is then coupled to an object. Finally, the container is removed from the pellet to form a pom pom.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: JAMES McCAFFERTY, STEVEN DELACY, GREG LEONG
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Publication number: 20160355958Abstract: A nonwoven fabric has a volume-giving material, in particular fiber balls, down and/or fine feathers, and has a maximum tensile strength, measured according to DIN EN 29 073 at a mass per unit area of 50 g/m2 in at least one direction, of at least 0.3 N/5 cm, in particular of 0.3 N/5 cm to 100 N/5 cm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Peter Grynaeus, Gunter Scharfenberger, Thomas Sattler
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Publication number: 20160355959Abstract: An article of manufacture making system for making an article of manufacture containing a plurality of dry solid additives, such as fibers, that utilizes a dry solid additive delivery system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Pei Wang
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Publication number: 20160355960Abstract: An article of manufacture making system for making an article of manufacture containing a plurality of dry solid additives, such as fibers, that utilizes a dry solid additive delivery system with a relatively low Stokes Number for the dry solid additives.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Christopher Michael Young, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Fei Wang
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Publication number: 20160355961Abstract: A method for producing a wet-laid nonwoven fabric for a semipermeable membrane supporting body, the method comprising: performing papermaking according to a wet papermaking method by using a fiber slurry containing a synthetic fiber as a main constituent fiber; drying the fiber slurry; subsequently subjecting the dried sheet to hot press processing two times by using a heat calender apparatus, wherein the hot press process temperature in the second treatments is adjusted to be higher by 10° C. or more than the hot press processing temperature in the first treatment, while treating the dried sheet by using a hard nip heat calender apparatus equipped with a combination of a metal roll and a metal roll for at least one time of the hot press processing; and thereby obtaining a wet-laid nonwoven fabric for a semipermeable membrane supporting body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Toshihiko Soyama, Nobuyuki Sakadume, Junji Nemoto
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Publication number: 20160355962Abstract: A non-weft, unidirectional fabric is provided that includes a plurality of substantially parallel reinforcement fiber bundles. The reinforcement fiber bundles have a first surface and an opposing second surface. The non-weft, unidirectional fabric further includes at least one of a non-woven veil bonded to at least one surface and one or more bands of sprayed adhesive spanning across at least a portion of the width of one of the first and second surfaces of the plurality of substantially parallel reinforcement fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Georg Adolphs, Patrick Moireau, Jerome Francois, Tom Wassenberg, David Hartman, Frank MacDonald, Patrick Haller
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Publication number: 20160355963Abstract: Provided herein is a new fire barrier nonwoven composed of flame retardant (FR) cellulosic fiber(s) and untreated cellulosic fiber(s) and optionally a binder fiber and methods of making the same, wherein the FR cellulosic fiber contains FR chemical(s) or FR compound(s) that have melting point or decomposition temperature at 400° C. (752° F.) or below. The FR performance of the new nonwoven provided herein is comparable to the conventional FR nonwoven (FR cellulosic fiber/binder fiber), but has advantages in cost effectiveness.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Sang-hoon Lim, Andrea Piana
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Publication number: 20160355964Abstract: An embroidery production monitoring system for use in combination with one or more embroidery machines includes at least one mimic light component including a light component, an enclosure flange that is sized and structured for attachment over the machine bulb and lens of the one or more embroidery machines, and a light sensor that is structured and disposed for detecting light emitted by the machine bulb; a plurality of sensors being structured and disposed for collecting performance data of the one or more embroidery machines and transmitting the performance data to the at least one mimic light component and a control box; the control box including a visual display interface, and the control box being provided for receiving the performance data and displaying a plurality of performance measurements on the visual display interface; and wherein the mimic light component is automatically actuated by delivery of a signal from the light sensor to the light component to thereby illuminate the light component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Conrad Industries, Inc.Inventors: Bernhard Conrad, Gilbert Carlson
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Publication number: 20160355965Abstract: A clothes treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a steam generator configured to generate steam, and a solution storing container configured to store a solution. The clothes treating apparatus also includes a steam spraying portion that is coupled to the steam generator and that is configured to spray steam and a solution spraying portion that is coupled to the solution storing container and that is configured to spray the solution. The steam spraying portion is configured to spray steam to control air pressure at the outlet of the solution spraying portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Sungmin YE, Sungho SONG, Taehee LEE
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Publication number: 20160355966Abstract: A textile rinsing method in a washing machine, the washing machine including a tub, a rotating basket within the tub and a water spraying device, the method comprising stopping the basket, admitting a predetermined fresh water quantity, storing the predetermined fresh water quantity in the tub, spraying the textiles by means of the water spraying device, draining and centrifuging the remaining liquid in the tub and determining the number of semi-rinses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Santiago Alonso Plata AMARILLAS, Erick Flores Islas
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Publication number: 20160355967Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a washing apparatus including a main motor configured to generate a rotational force and provide the rotational force to a washing shaft; a coupling disposed above the main motor and selectively transmitting the rotational force of the main motor to a spin-drying shaft by vertically moving; a clutch motor configured to generate a tensile force in a radial direction of the coupling; a clutch lever configured to decouple the main motor from the coupling by moving the coupling upward using the tensile force of the clutch motor; and a controller configured to rotate the main motor in a mode switching section from a spin-drying mode, in which the coupling is coupled to the main motor, to a washing mode, in which the coupling is decoupled from the main motor, or from the washing mode to the spin-drying mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Tae-Kil Kim, Young Jin Um, Kyu Nam Lee, Sung Mo Lee, Seung Hun Lee
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Publication number: 20160355968Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes treating apparatus, which includes a cabinet, a steam generator to generate steam, a solution storing container in which a functional solution for recovering a function of the clothes is stored, and a spray unit provided with a steam spraying portion connected to the steam generator to spray steam, and a solution spraying portion connected to the solution storing container to spray the functional solution within the solution storing container, in response to the steam being sprayed through the steam spraying portion, wherein the spray unit allows the functional solution sprayed through the solution spraying portion to be sprayed in a manner of being mixed with the steam sprayed through the steam spraying portion, whereby the use of a pump can be excluded and thus a generation of noise caused due to the pump during spraying of the functional solution can be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Sungho SONG, Sungmin YE, Jongseok LEE
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Publication number: 20160355969Abstract: There is disclosed a laundry treatment apparatus including, a cabinet comprising a laundry entrance hole configured to load laundry into the cabinet, a tub provided in the cabinet and configured to store washing water therein, the tub comprising a tub hole in communication with the laundry entrance hole, a drum rotatably provided in the tub and configured to receive the laundry loaded via the tub hole, a detergent supply unit provided under the laundry entrance hole, in communication with the tub, and configured to store detergent therein, and a water supply unit configured to supply water to the detergent supply unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Naeun KIM, Mingyu JO, Dongwon KIM
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Publication number: 20160355970Abstract: In some embodiments, a clothes dryer vent quick coupling apparatus may include a male element and a female element which may be removably coupled together. The male element may include a body having a male vent aperture in fluid communication with a first hose coupling, a male inlet surface, a male outlet surface, and a handle. The first hose coupling may be disposed on the male inlet surface and the male vent aperture may extend through the body between the male outlet surface and the first hose coupling. The female element may include a receiver having a channel with a female inlet surface and a female outlet surface. A female vent aperture may be in fluid communication with the female outlet surface and may extend from the channel through the receiver. Optionally, the handle may comprise a hollow cavity which may be in fluid communication with the male vent aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: Wayne E. Federico
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Publication number: 20160355971Abstract: A dryer including a housing, a drying chamber disposed within the housing, and a heating element coupled to the housing. The dryer further includes an intake configured to supply intake air to the drying chamber and an exhaust vent configured to vent exhaust air out of the drying chamber. The intake, the drying chamber, and the exhaust vent define an air flow path from the intake through the drying chamber and out the exhaust vent. The dryer includes a heat exchanger and a heat pump having a condenser. The heat exchanger and the heat pump are each configured to absorb thermal energy from the exhaust air and transfer the thermal energy to the intake air. The air flow path is configured such that the intake air is heated directly or indirectly by the heat exchanger prior to the intake air being further heated directly or indirectly by the condenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Elwha LLCInventors: Kenneth G. Caldeira, Alistair K. Chan, Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
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Publication number: 20160355972Abstract: A non-marring nozzle attachment that may be used with a vacuum device to dean delicate surfaces such as lint screens. The non-marring nozzle attachment may use a non-marring material with a beveled surface to allow for a vacuum to safely and effectively dean delicate surfaces. The non-marring nozzle attachment may further include spaced slits to allow for more intimate contact between the nozzle tip and a surface to be cleaned. The vacuum device may be mounted near the desired area of use to a variety of rigid surfaces without having to penetrate the rigid surface with nails or screws.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Gwynn J. Goble, Julia A. Goble
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Publication number: 20160355973Abstract: A method for maintaining at least one protective suit. The method comprises connecting at least one maintenance adapter in a detachable and sealing manner to at least one aperture of the protective suit. Cleaning and disinfecting is passed through the maintenance adapter and into the inside of the protective suit and is subsequently discharged. Drying gas is then passed through the maintenance adapter into the inside of the protective suit and subsequently discharged.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: Thomas Prey
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Publication number: 20160355974Abstract: There is provided an ironing board assembly. The assembly includes a planar member having a bottom and a top upon which an item of clothing may be ironed. The assembly includes a pair of spaced-apart, horizontally-extending supports coupled to the bottom of the planar member. The supports are elongate in the longitudinal direction. The supports have bottoms which are spaced-apart from the planar member. The supports function to elevate the planar member to enable the item of clothing to at least partially extend around the planar member. The assembly includes magnets coupled to the bottoms of respective ones of the supports. The magnets enable the ironing board assembly to selectively magnetically connect to a surface made of a ferromagnetic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: Masoud Shojania
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Publication number: 20160355975Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of food grains stocks get deteriorated due to lack of storage facilities and due to pest-rodent infestation. The degree of deterioration is high in Tropical and sub-tropical regions. The insect and rodent damage is a major issue for woolen clothing, books and beds. The present invention discloses the embodiments include a textile with pest and/or insect repellent properties comprising: (1) Mineral Compound (2) Active Ingredient and (3) Fabric. The present invention relates to the fabrics that are treated with a pest-repellent composition. The present invention relates to the pesticide treated fabric and its preparation method.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: Sudhir Reddy Rebala
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Publication number: 20160355976Abstract: A fiber tow and methods for separating a fiber tow are disclosed. The fiber tow may include adjacent filaments and a polymer coating covering at least a portion of the adjacent filaments. The polymer coating may include a polymer that is configured to contract in a direction generally parallel to the adjacent filaments and expand in a direction generally perpendicular to the adjacent filaments. The polymer coating may contract/expand in response to an energy source, such as heat or a UV light source. The methods may include coating at least a portion of a plurality of filaments with a polymer, bundling the filaments into a fiber tow, and exposing the fiber tow to an energy source to contract the polymer in a direction generally parallel to the filaments and to expand the polymer in a direction generally perpendicular to the filaments. The filaments may be carbon fiber filaments.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: Haibo ZHAO
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Publication number: 20160355977Abstract: Refiner comprising relatively rotatable inner 2 and outer 3 conical refining blades. The refining blades 2, 3 being coaxially arranged around a symmetry axis 6 and being provided with first bars 200 and second bars 300, respectively, for grinding of fibrous material. The inner conical refining blade 2 or any of the first bars 200 of the inner conical refining blade 2 extends further along the symmetry axis 6, in the direction of the tapering of the inner 2 and outer 3 conical refining blades, than the outer conical refining blade 3 or any of the second bars 300 of the outer conical refining blade 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2014Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Valmet ABInventor: Anders Hawén
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Publication number: 20160355978Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a shoe press belt with excellent mechanical properties, in particular a shoe press belt with excellent crack resistance and excellent resistance to land edge deficiency. This is achieved by shoe press belt 1 for use in a papermaking machine, wherein it comprises a felt-side resin layer which is constituted by a resin layer and in which grooves for receiving water squeezed from a felt are formed, and wherein the felt-side resin layer is formed by curing a compound comprising 1,4-bis(isocyanate methyl) cyclohexane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Ichikawa Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuya TAKAMORI, Nobuharu SUZUKI, Mitsuyoshi MATSUNO, Chie UMEHARA, Taichi SAKAI
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Publication number: 20160355979Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a dispersible moist wipe comprising hydroentangled fibers and a binder composition. The moist wipe demonstrates high initial wet strength while maintaining effective dispersion in an aqueous environment. The moist wipe has potential application as a flushable surface cleaning product and/or a flushable cleansing cloth.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Nathan John Vogel, WanDuk Lee, Joseph Kenneth Baker, Colin Ackroyd
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Publication number: 20160355980Abstract: Absorbent fibrous structures containing a branched copolymer soil adsorbing agent and methods for making same are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Kathryn Christian Kien, Robin Lynn McKiernan, Steven Daryl Smith, Robert Joseph McChain
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Publication number: 20160355981Abstract: A method for forming paper straps is provided. The method may include providing a paper strip from a base sheet and directing the paper strip through a first die to form an intermediate string. The method may further include directing the intermediate string from the first die through a second die, the intermediate string exiting the second die in a substantially non-twisted state. Related apparatuses and devices to form paper straps are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Halim Chtourou, Michelle Agnes Ricard, Natalie Pagé, Guy Njamen Tchapda, Michael Lee Reynolds, Lyman Arthur Biggar
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Publication number: 20160355982Abstract: Soft absorbent sheets, structuring fabrics for producing soft absorbent sheets, and methods of making soft absorbent sheets. The soft absorbent sheets have a plurality of domed regions or projected regions extending from a surface of the sheets, and connecting regions form a network between domed regions. The domed and projected regions include indented bars that extend across the domed and projected regions in a substantially cross machine direction of the absorbent sheets. The absorbent sheets can be formed by structuring fabrics that have long warp yarn knuckles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Daniel Hue Ming Sze, Xiaolin Fan, Hung-Liang Chou, Taiye Philips Oriaran, Farminder Singh Anand, Dean Joseph Baumgartner, Joseph Henry Miller
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Publication number: 20160355983Abstract: To provide a method of producing water-disintegrable paper capable of addressing a disadvantage of adhesion of a base-paper sheet to an embossing apparatus when the base-paper sheet impregnated with a water-soluble binder is embossed, achieving simple manufacturing and low manufacturing cost, and minimizing the likelihood of paper powder remaining on a dry surface of a cleaned object after use.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: Kikuo YAMADA
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Publication number: 20160355984Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a pore volume distribution such that at least 25% and/or at least 43% of the total pore volume present in the fibrous structures exists in pores of radii of from 91 ?m to 140 ?m, and to methods for making such fibrous structures are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Steven Lee Barnholtz, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Donald Jay Barkey, Christopher Michael Young, Michael Donald Suer
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Publication number: 20160355985Abstract: Clupak paper is manufactured using a gap-former paper-making machine equipped with a Clupak system, in such a way that its longitudinal tensile energy absorption index and lateral tensile energy absorption index as specified in JIS P8113 become 2.5 J/g or more and 1.0 J/g or more, respectively. The paper has excellent strength characteristics in both the longitudinal and lateral directions, especially in the longitudinal direction so that when the Clupak paper can be processed into a sack, the sack rarely breaks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Keiko HASHIGUCHI, Hirofumi KONDO, Hiroaki NOGUCHI, Yuji ABE, Satoshi ISHIKAWA, Yukio SHINI
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Publication number: 20160355986Abstract: The invention provides a multi-ply tissue product having different surface characteristics on each side of the product. The multi-ply tissue product may be formed from two or more plies where one surface is formed by a substantially smooth creped ply and the other surface is formed by a textured through-air dried ply. In this manner the tissue product may be used for both personal care, which requires a soft and smooth surface, and general household wiping, which requires a rough, durable surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Mike Thomas Goulet, Elizabeth Oriel Bradley, Geoffrey Fenn Carlow
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Publication number: 20160355987Abstract: The present disclosure offers an improvement in papermaking methods and products, by providing a tissue sheet and a method to obtain a tissue sheet, with improved absorbency at a given basis weight. Thus, by way of example, the present disclosure provides a single ply tissue sheet having a basis weight greater than about 50 gsm and a specific vertical absorbent capacity greater than about 6.0 g/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Michael Alan Hermans, Gretchen Sarah Koch, Maruizio Tirimacco, Erin Ann McCormick
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Publication number: 20160355988Abstract: A unitary deflection member. The unitary deflection member can have a fluid pervious reinforcing member and a patterned framework. The patterned framework can have a plurality of regularly spaced protuberances extending from the reinforcing member. At least two of said protuberances can be similar in size and shape, and each protuberance can have a transition portion having a transition portion width and a forming portion having a forming portion width. The transition portion width can be less than the forming portion width.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: John Allen Manifold, John Leslie Brent, JR., James Michael Singer
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Publication number: 20160355989Abstract: Sanitary tissue products employing fibrous structures that exhibit a novel combination of compressibility properties, plate stiffness properties, and slip stick coefficient of friction properties, and methods for making same.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Ward William Ostendorf, Guillermo Matias Vidal, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, David Warren Loebker, Ryan Dominic Maladen, John Allen Manifold, Khosrow Parviz Mohammadi
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Publication number: 20160355990Abstract: Low slough, high basis weight tissue webs and products are provided. The tissue webs generally have basis weights greater than about 16 grams per square meter (gsm), while maintaining less than about 4 mg of slough. All while yielding tissue products that are both thick and soft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Kenneth John Zwick, Peter Lee Carson, Michael William Smaby, Gary Lee Shanklin, Michael John Rekoske, Mike Thomas Goulet, Thomas Joseph Dyer, John Alexander Werner, IV
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Publication number: 20160355991Abstract: A universal slide-plate includes a body and a drop-in shoulder member with a plurality of retaining members that cooperate to selectively connect the universal slide-plate and a stock rail to a rail platform and/or tie. The universal slide-plate has a slide surface configured to support a moveable point rail thereon. The universal slide-plate may be selectively removed and repositioned relative to a rail platform and/or tie.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Sean Keightley, Michael Del Guerrero, Steven Glenn Smith
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Publication number: 20160355992Abstract: Embodiments of a tie plate sorter are disclosed wherein the tie plates are sorted and fed to an output device for further feeding to a tie plate distribution system. The tie plates may be oriented as needed. Exemplary methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: William R. Coots
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Publication number: 20160355993Abstract: A method of forming a crane mat includes providing a plurality of boards. Each board of the plurality of boards may be positioned adjacent to another board of the plurality of boards along at least one longitudinal edge. The method includes inserting a plurality of tie bolts through the plurality of boards to secure the plurality of boards together to form the crane mat, and providing two or more lifting plates. Each lifting plate may include a coupling portion configured to couple to a lifting tool during movement of the crane mat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: Orain Tubbs
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Publication number: 20160355994Abstract: An industrial mat that has a support core configured and arranged to support other components of the mat; and upper and lower layers that provide upper and lower surfaces of the mat and that protect the support core. The support core includes a frame of longitudinal side members, end members and cross members each of which is made of steel or a thermosetting plastic material. The frame can include wood, plastic or elastomeric internal members or materials to fill internal open areas of the frame, with the upper and lower layers and the sides and ends of the frame retaining the internal members or materials therein. The mat preferably includes lifting elements of D-shaped rings, O-shaped rings, chains, or cables attached to the upper or lower layer or the support core to provide certified overhead lifting of the mat for installation and reclamation thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Joe PENLAND, JR., Rustin PENLAND, Scott CALVERT, Thomas O'BRIEN
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Publication number: 20160355995Abstract: Apparatus for forming a liquid-tight seal across gaps formed between at least first and second adjacent mats in a load-supporting surface includes at least one seal member configured to be coupled to each among first and second outer edges of at least a first side of each among at least first and second adjacent mats and extend laterally outwardly therefrom into one among at least two gaps formed between the adjacent mats and abut at least one other such seal member extending into the same gap from the other adjacent mat that forms the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Richard Lamar Edwards, JR., Randy Paul Bordelon, James Kerwin McDowell
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Publication number: 20160355996Abstract: Apparatus for forming a liquid-tight seal across gaps formed between at least first and second adjacent mats in a load-supporting surface includes at least one seal member configured to be coupled to each among first and second outer edges of at least a first side of each among at least first and second adjacent mats and extend laterally outwardly therefrom into one among at least two gaps formed between the adjacent mats and abut at least one other such seal member extending into the same gap from the other adjacent mat that forms the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Richard Lamar Edwards, JR., Randy Paul Bordelon, James Kerwin McDowell
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Publication number: 20160355997Abstract: A method is disclosed for retrofitting a ground surface with electrically resistant conduit to melt snow that accumulates on a ground surface, such as a driveway. A power source carries electrical current to an electrical coil, in some embodiments. A thermostat regulates the electrical current.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: James Curtis Lewley
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Publication number: 20160355998Abstract: A highly portable asphalt plant of substantial size and product manufacturing capacity carries the system components on the confines of two transportable vehicles. The two vehicles are arranged in a fashion whereby vehicle one is connected to vehicle two in an inline continuous fashion. Vehicle two contains an integrated inertial dust separator baghouse design and provides for the receiving of the rotary dryer drum mixer directly and without the use, of interconnecting ductwork.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Gencor Industries, Inc.Inventors: Joseph T Mollick, Willam D. Gulley, Thomas F Gebhard
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Publication number: 20160355999Abstract: A paving machine that comprises a frame, a driving mechanism coupled to the frame, an asphalt delivery system, a spray assembly coupled to the frame, a pump coupled to the spray assembly, a screed coupled to a back side of the frame and configured to smooth asphalt material applied to the road, and a controller coupled to the driving mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventor: John C. Bartoszek
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Publication number: 20160356000Abstract: A paving screed to be employed on a road finisher comprises a base screed, the operating width of which may be modified by protractable extending units and/or separate removable bolt-on extensions. The paving screed also includes a plurality of side plates, each being mountable on an outer end of the base screed or an extending unit or a bolt-on extension and which delimit the operating width. At least one reference element for determining the operating width is provided on one of the side plates, and that the at least one reference element is detectable by one or more sensor units when the side plates are each mounted on the outer ends of the base screed, an extending unit or a bolt-on extension.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Martin BUSCHMANN, Ralf WEISER