With Slitting Or Removal Of Material At Reshaping Area Prior To Reshaping Patents (Class 156/211)
  • Patent number: 8147642
    Abstract: A boxer-style pant and a method of making a boxer-style pant having side seams, a contracted crotch region, and hanging legs. A web is provided. The web may be a single pant assembly, or a continuous web of multiple pant assemblies connected to one another. The web may be folded against a support structure. In certain embodiments, a multi-lane production system may be used wherein the web is folded against multiple support structures each parallel to a direction in which the web is conveyed, with each lane or machine direction array of pant assemblies folded against just one support structure. The web is cut to define leg openings, and contracted in selected areas along the web between the leg openings. Front and back regions are then joined together to form the side seams. An absorbent structure may be attached to the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Steven Franke, Heather Schenck Mortell, Joseph Daniel Coenen, Robert Lee Popp
  • Patent number: 8100173
    Abstract: A continuous method for producing incontinence articles in the form of pants for receiving body excrements utilizes crotch sections comprising absorbent bodies and having leg cut-outs formed by a first contour cut. Two partial webs are joined to the crotch sections in such a fashion that one end of the crotch sections overlaps one partial web in a longitudinal direction transversely to the machine direction, and the other end thereof overlaps the other partial web, and the crotch sections are disposed at a separation from each other in the machine direction. A second contour cut is performed that includes the partial webs on their mutually facing edge sections for forming substantially curved leg cut-outs. The article is then folded and the partial webs are joined transversely to the machine direction at a separation from each other for forming side seam areas of the incontinence article to be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Paul Hartmann Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Fridmann Hornung, Benjamin Wenzel, Wolfgang Ostertag
  • Publication number: 20120000598
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing plastic labels with self-adhesive pattern, and attaching such labels such that they are enfolding a tin, whereby: a strip of plastic foil is printed using a digital printing technique, whereby the side edge of consecutive label prints on the strip is situated at right angles to the lengthwise direction; an adhesive is attached to the foil; a tin is enfolded by the foil, whereby a side edge is overlapped by another part of the foil, whereby the part of the foil that is enfolding the tin is adhering to the tin by the adhesive; a part of the foil is cut off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: REYNDERS ETIKETTEN, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventor: Marc REYNDERS
  • Publication number: 20110299976
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component is disclosed having a composite construction. In one embodiment the gas turbine engine component is a blade that includes a shroud. A fiber ply of the composite construction extends from an airfoil part of the blade to the shroud. The shroud can include multiple plies that can be stitched together. In one form a sealing knife is formed and coupled to the shroud. The sealing knife can be coupled to the shroud by stitching. Filler material can be used in the composite construction of the gas turbine engine component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: Richard Christopher Uskert
  • Patent number: 8052826
    Abstract: A beaded composite panel is fabricated using composite plies. An opening is formed in each of plies, and each ply is laid up on a bead feature and drawn down over the bead feature in the area of the opening so as to widen the opening into a gap allowing the ply to conform to the contour of the bead feature. Patches are fabricated and placed on the plies overlying over the openings. The laid-up plies are compacted and cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven J. Burpo, Michael P. Renieri, Nicholas B. Segobiano, Neal A. Froeschner
  • Publication number: 20110255810
    Abstract: A method of forming a bag for encasing material is described. The bag includes a sheet having a top panel, a bottom panel, an extended panel and adhesive tape. A tear line separates the extended panel from the bottom panel, and a fold line separates the bottom panel from the top panel. The top panel is defined by a top border, a bottom edge, a bottom border, and the fold line. The bottom panel is defined by a top border, the fold line, a bottom border, and the tear line. The extended panel is defined by a top border, the tear line, a bottom border, and a top edge. The adhesive tape is adhered to a first side of the sheet and intersects the fold line. The first side of the sheet is folded onto itself at the fold line. The top panel top edge is joined to the bottom panel top edge, and the top panel bottom edge is joined to the bottom panel bottom edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Dennis Nolan
  • Publication number: 20110240209
    Abstract: A bamboo-surfaced laminated louver curtain slat and a method of manufacturing the same. The bamboo-surfaced laminated louver curtain slat comprises two peeled bamboo veneer layers (21,22) and at least one filler layer (23) sandwiched between the two bamboo veneer layers. The peeled bamboo veneer layers and the filler layer(s) are bond together in a glued manner. The production method comprises follow steps: thin peeled bamboo veneer layers are peeled from a massive bamboo board and after being cut into a specified width, the peeled bamboo veneer layers, together with filler material, are put into moulds for hot-pressing and gluing; or thin peeled bamboo veneer layers are peeled from a massive bamboo board made by gluing and pressing bamboo material, a first peeled bamboo veneer layer, filler material, and a second peeled bamboo veneer layer are glued and press-formed in sequence into a piece of ply-bamboo, then, laminated louver curtain slats of a specified width are cut from the ply-bamboo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Yuqiang Chen
  • Patent number: 8007615
    Abstract: A flexible cover is formed from a rectangular sheet of plastic film material and a continuous elastic or rubber band. The sheet has a predetermined amount of material cut from each corner. The sheet is placed onto a table between four posts that extend from the table. The sheet is positioned so that a post lines up with each corner of the sheet. A rubber band is stretched across the four posts into a similar shaped rectangle and rests just above side edges of the sheet. The side edges of the sheet are folded inward and over the stretched band and heat sealed directly to the sheet. The band is now sealed within a pocket formed along the sides of the sheet. Each corner of the stretched band is released from its post, allowing the band to relax and pull the formed pockets toward the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Covermate, Inc
    Inventor: Claus E. Sadlier
  • Publication number: 20110155304
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for absorbent products that has a fastening member placement step wherein latch members, which are fastenable to prescribed areas, are placed on both sides of a center line that is parallel to the conveyance direction of the flap line on a flap continuum that are continuously conveyed on the flap line, a flap formation process wherein flaps are formed by cutting the flap continuum on the flap line in a direction that intersects with the conveyance direction of the flap line, and a flap placement step wherein flaps are placed on front waistline member continuum or the rear waistline member continuum or on the main body line so that the center line is orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the main body line, and both edges of the flap continuum on the flap line are folded over toward the center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Sakaguchi, Noritomo Kameda, Tomomi Oku
  • Publication number: 20110126966
    Abstract: A method of making an implantable medical device includes extruding a first ePTFE tube and a second ePTFE tube, cutting a plurality of slits in the first ePTFE tube, positioning a radially expandable support layer between the first and second ePTFE tubes so that the slits span portions of the support layer, and laminating the first ePTFE tube to the second ePTFE tube through openings in the support layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: C.R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Layne, Sandra Cundy, Debra Bebb
  • Publication number: 20110128260
    Abstract: A stacked display (20b) comprises superposed regions for changing between a reflective color state (R, G, B) and a transparent state, which regions form part of a˜bended substrate (20). The substrate (20) may comprise a sequence of portions (1-6) which forms regions having pre-defined color. Each portion (1-6) is electrically connected to a further portion in the sequence by interconnect regions (b?, c?, d?) which form an oversized loop between the regions (1-2, 3-4, 5-6) when the substrate (20) is bent. The regions (1-2, 3-4, 5-6) are filled with a suitable optoelectronic color material (R, G, B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: Polymer Vision Limited
    Inventors: Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema, Petrus Johannes Gerardus van Lieshout, Erik van Veenendaal
  • Patent number: 7951252
    Abstract: A method/apparatus closes and finishes an open end of a product that can be fused together with heat. The apparatus includes a bending stage, a fusing stage, and a pressing/cooling stage, which all can be integrally formed, with the bending stage positioned upstream of the fusing stage, and the pressing/cooling stage positioned downstream of the fusing stage. The apparatus can further include a trimming stage positioned upstream of the bending stage for preparing the ends of a panel. The product has a pair of spaced layers with edges that form an open end. Either one or both of the layers can be heated and rolled toward the other layer while being heated so that they contact and fuse together. The layers can overlap and fuse at their contact surfaces, or the edges can abut to form a butt joint, or the edges can overlap slightly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventor: Peter Danko
  • Patent number: 7935211
    Abstract: A method of welding a window frame provides a welding system (10) having movable head fixtures (16). Certain of the head fixtures include cutting structure (37) and each head fixture includes heat supplying structure (40). A one-piece lineal (20) has first and second ends and notches therein. The lineal is loaded with respect to the head fixtures, with portions of the lineal being folded about the notches to define folded corners. Head fixtures are moved to clamp on the lineal. The cutting structure cuts the lineal generally at each notch to separate each of the folded corners from the lineal, with each corner of the lineal being defined by a pair of ends. The head fixtures are repositioned so as to provide a space between each pair of ends. A heat supplying structure is inserted into the space to heat each pair of ends and then removed. The head fixtures are moved so that each pair of ends contact and join in a thermally welded manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Inventor: Frank LaSusa
  • Publication number: 20110094661
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of making disposable absorbent garments includes providing an outer cover web having front and back waist edges; attaching elastomeric front and back body panel webs to the outer cover web. The front and back body panel webs comprise an elastomeric film laminate. Portions of the outer cover web are removed to define a series of spaced apart holes. The elastomeric front body panel web defines a front body panel web width that extends at least 50% of a shortest distance extending from the front waist edge to each hole, and the elastomeric back body panel web defines a back body panel width that extends at least 50% of a shortest distance extending from the back waist edge to each hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Russell E. Thorson
  • Patent number: 7914640
    Abstract: The method is for adding images or text on a beverage can lid. A beverage can lid is provided that has a handle member, the handle member attached to a top surface of the beverage can lid. An image is printed on the foil member. The printed foil member is placed on top of the top surface of the beverage can lid so that a first cut out segment is placed above the handle member and a second cut out segment is aligned with a weakened segment of the beverage can lid. With the foil member placed on top of the weakened segment, the handle member is lifted to engage the weakened segment and push the second cut out segment and a portion of the weakened segment through the beverage can lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: MRC Design Stockholm Inc
    Inventor: Magnus Ronnberg
  • Publication number: 20110041989
    Abstract: A resilient floor tile includes a base layer, a film layer, a decorative film layer, and a topcoat. The resilient floor tile has a shaped edge formed on an upper surface thereof that extends about at least a portion of a perimeter of the resilient floor tile. In order to make the resilient floor tile, a continuous sheet of a base layer is conveyed into a press die. The press die is actuated from an open position to a closed position. The continuous sheet is cut with a blade of a cutting tool of the press die to form side surfaces of the resilient floor tile when the press die is in the closed position. A shaped edge is formed on at least a portion of a perimeter of an upper surface of the resilient floor tile with a forming tool of the press die when the press die is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Kean M. Anspach, Thomas C. Bair, John R. Eshbach, JR.
  • Publication number: 20110033649
    Abstract: A form for creating a two-way mailer has a planar, rectangular sheet of foldable material having a left edge and a right edge defining a length substantially greater than a width, first, second, third and fourth regions disposed left to right successively on the sheet, the regions defined by first, second and third fold lines across the width of the sheet at right angles to the length, a first perforated tear-off line proximate the first fold line, a first glue region at the left edge of the sheet in the direction of the width dimension and joined to the sheet by a second perforated tear-off line, a second glue region at the right edge of the sheet in the direction of the width dimension, and a pattern of adhesive on the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventor: Richard T. Brockway, II
  • Patent number: 7842150
    Abstract: In order to produce an adhesive binding for bookbinding, in which the sheets, in letter paper format, are perforated on the folding edge, folded, provided with adhesive on the folding edge and assembled to form a book block, the perforating process is carried out on the folding edge in such a manner that two interrupted perforation lines are punched, these perforation lines being parallel at a short distance from one another, offset in a longitudinal direction and forming a widened folding edge. The punch locations of both perforation lines are, along the folding edge, offset by the length of one perforating tooth. The sheets, which are folded on the folding edge and which are assembled and squeezed to form a book block, are provided with the application of adhesive on surfaces, which are formed by the double perforating and which are assigned to one another, between full locations of one perforation line and full locations of the other perforation line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventor: Peter Schmidkonz
  • Patent number: 7842151
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a layered product having a curved surface part with an extremely small radius of curvature while lowering the rate of occurrence a defective product is provided. The manufacturing apparatus is for a layered product in which a decorative material is laminated on a surface and side of a base material, and includes a cutting unit for forming a first cut portion at the corner of the base material and forming a second cut portion having an arc-shaped portion at a portion of a rear surface side of the decorative material opposing to the first cutout part and a bending member for bending the decorative material at the circular arc-like part of the second cutout part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Katomokuzai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisaya Kato
  • Patent number: 7828921
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating a cover profile and at least one compensation profile of a cover device, which can be connected to a cover flange of the cover profile and which is used for floor covering provided with a cover layer. The cover layer is stuck to a preprofile prior to the cover profile being produced from the preprofile which is coated by the cover layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Martin Neuhofer
  • Publication number: 20100243505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blank (1), a method and a machine (11) for realising the blank (1). The blank (1) is constituted by four lengths (5) which are consecutively joined to form a structure (2) or frame (6) which can be folded around one or more flat articles (4) or tiles to be packed. The machine (11) and the method for realising the blanks (1) include supplying identical panels of cardboard which are joined to constitute a continuous strip (10) and which are subsequently cut to correspond to lengths of sides of the tiles. Each length (5) is joined to a consecutive length (5) by deposits (7a) of glue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: SYSTEM S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Toro
  • Publication number: 20100226116
    Abstract: A light assembly includes an electroluminescent cable, an elongated lens, and a substantially planar substrate. The electroluminescent cable has an outer surface extending along a longitudinal dimension of the electroluminescent cable. The elongated lens extends along the longitudinal dimension of the electroluminescent cable and encloses at least a portion of the outer surface of the electroluminescent cable. The elongated lens is adapted to refract light emitted from the electroluminescent cable. The elongated lens structure is adhered to the substantially planar substrate. In certain instances, the substrate is a reflective substrate adapted to reflect light emitted from the electroluminescent cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventor: David K. Brainard
  • Publication number: 20100227116
    Abstract: The invention relates to a three-dimensional sheet structure characterised in that it comprises at least: a first sheet (1) comprising a plurality of first ribs (3) on one surface thereof; and a second sheet (2) including on one surface thereof a plurality of second ribs (6) intersected by flutes (9) having a shape complementary to that of the first ribs (3) of said first sheet (1); and in that said first and second sheets (1, 2) are superimposed and attached together, each of said first ribs (3) of said first sheet (1) being received in one of said flutes (9) of said second sheet (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: ONERA
    Inventors: Laurent Leylekian, Bertrand Laine
  • Publication number: 20100134884
    Abstract: Curved lenses configured to decode three dimensional content and method of fabricating the same. The lenses comprise a polyvinylalcohol polarizer film or similar type of material laminated with triacetate or similar type material on one or both sides, wherein the polarizer film has a polarizing efficiency equal to or exceeding 99% and a transmittance percentage equal to or exceeding 35% and a retarder film (e.g., norbomene copolymer resin) laminated on a front surface of the polyvinylalcohol polarizer film laminated with triacetate and aligned to produce a desired circular polarization responsive to specified retardation wavelengths. Thermoforming and press polishing techniques may be used to fabricate/curve the blanks into lenses. The lenses (optical elements) may be used in an injection molding process to add thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: David A. Johnson, James Pritts
  • Publication number: 20100039594
    Abstract: A method of making a thin flexible smart card having a printed circuit board (PCB) including a liquid crystal display (LCD) thereon, the PCB and LCD being embedded within a laminate of plastic layers, comprising producing an initial laminate by subjecting a plurality of plastic layers to a relatively high temperature and pressure for a relatively long period of time, producing a cavity in one face of the initial laminate, but terminating short of the opposite face, the cavity being configured and dimensioned to accommodate said PCB and LCD thereon, introducing the PCB and LCD into the cavity from one face of the initial laminate with the LCD facing said opposite face thereof, applying one or more further plastic layers over the one face of the initial laminate to cover the PCB in the cavity, and subjecting the initial laminate and the plastic layers to a low temperature, applied to the side of the further plastic layers at a lower pressure and for a shorter period of time than used in producing the initial la
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Micro-D Ltd.
    Inventors: Gady Golan, Dany Moskovitch
  • Publication number: 20100018637
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of continuously making a disposable pants-type diaper having a body waste receiving pocket adapted to be easily aligned with the wearer's external genitals and anus. A first web comprising chassis continuously arranged in a transverse direction thereof is continuously fed in a machine direction MD wherein each of the chassis comprises a crotch region, a front waist region and a rear waist region. A second web comprising sheet members continuously arranged in the transverse direction thereof is continuously fed onto the first web wherein each of the sheet members is destined to be attached to the inner surface of the associated chassis in the crotch region thereof and thereby to form a body waste receiving pocket. The first web and the second web are bonded to each other along regions destined to define opposite side edges of the crotch region in the chassis to obtain first composite web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshifumi Otsubo
  • Publication number: 20090320996
    Abstract: A method of attaching a decorative sheet in the method of bonding the decorative sheet onto the surface of an underlying material having a corner portion, the decorative sheet having a decorative layer comprising an inorganic cured material formed on one surface of a substrate sheet, the method of attaching a decorative sheet comprising a partly cutting step of preparing the decorative sheet having a cover sheet formed on the surface of the decorative layer maintaining a stripping strength, and incising the decorative layer via the cover sheet in a portion of the decorative sheet corresponding to the corner portion of the underlying material; a folding step of folding the decorative sheet along the incision in a manner that the substrate sheet is on the inside; a bonding step of bonding the substrate sheet of the decorative sheet onto the surface of the underlying material by using an adhesive in a manner that the folded portion of the decorative sheet is in agreement with the corner portion of the underlying
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Tadashi Fujimoto, Nobuhiko Higashi
  • Publication number: 20090294035
    Abstract: A method of making an implantable medical device includes extruding a first ePTFE tube and a second ePTFE tube, cutting a plurality of slits in the first ePTFE tube, positioning a radially expandable support layer between the first and second ePTFE tubes so that the slits span portions of the support layer, and laminating the first ePTFE tube to the second ePTFE tube through openings in the support layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Layne, Sandra Cundy, Debra Bebb
  • Patent number: 7598428
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a first liquid permeable surface layer, a essentially liquid impermeable backing layer and, located between said liquid permeable surface layer and said liquid impermeable backing layer, an absorbent body having at least one layer. The absorbent article has cavities which are essentially cone-shaped and extend at least through part of the absorbent body, said cavities having a tip part and a base, the tip part being located towards or in the liquid permeable surface layer and the base being located away from the liquid permeable surface layer. A method of production of an absorbent article with cone-shaped cavities is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Anette Gustavsson, Solgun Drevik
  • Publication number: 20090062760
    Abstract: The invention relates to slit absorbent articles and the use of slits in absorbent materials to provide improved liquid intake rate, flexibility and softness compared to the unmodified material. The absorbent material, including superabsorbent materials, are particularly useful as absorbent cores in disposable absorbent articles such as diapers, incontinent products, sanitary napkins and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew Wright, Patrick King Yu Tsang
  • Patent number: 7470342
    Abstract: Plates having a predetermined pattern are provided in each frame, side by side, at certain intervals along the longitudinal direction of the frame. A plurality of positioning holes, into which pins are inserted, are formed in each frame. A retainer portion is provided so as to extend from the inner periphery of each positioning hole and is plastically deformed when a pin is inserted thereinto. By inserting a pin into each positioning hole while a plurality of frames are stacked, the outer periphery of the pin contacts the retainer portion of each positioning hole. The retainer portion is deformed to correct misalignment among a plurality of plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Masaaki Deguchi, Hisaki Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20080268748
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of a brassiere comprising the steps of providing a first substrate layer; providing thermoplastic polyurethane (hereinafter “TPU”) base material; heating the TPU base material to a molten state; providing a printing roller having recesses on its outer surface; transferring molten TPU material into a recess on a printing roller; transferring the molten TPU onto the first substrate layer by rolling the printing roller over at least part of a surface of the substrate layer; providing a second substrate layer; compressing the first substrate layer and second substrate layer together with the transferred TPU in between the first substrate layer and second substrate layer; heating the compressed first substrate layer and second substrate layer to melt the transferred TPU between the substrate layers, thereby bonding at least part of the first substrate layer and at least part of second substrate layer together to form a laminate; cutting the laminate to form a shape suitable for use in a bra
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Guoxian Huang, Kam Chau Chang, Arnoldus Johannes Maria Berkhout
  • Patent number: 7384494
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method of forming a seal device. The method includes forming a laminate construction including a flexible material layer and a rigid material layer, patterning the rigid material layer after forming the laminate construction, and shape forming the laminate construction into the seal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Kosty, Jon M. Lenhert, Michael A. MacIsaac
  • Patent number: 7141132
    Abstract: An elastically stretchable disposable wearing article has a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region. This wearing article is formed with a first elastic zone, a second elastic zone and third elastic zones respectively exhibiting stretch stress adjusted to be decreased in this order. An elastically stretchable web is continuously fed in a machine direction, formed with pairs of slits in desired patterns so that two slits constituting each of the pairs may be symmetrically laid about a transversely middle zone of the web and then folded in a cross direction orthogonal to the machine direction so that the web may be alternately overlapped on itself about the transversely middle zone to form the wearing article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Taiji Shimakawa, Yoshitaka Mishima, Tomoko Sugito, Kaiyo Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7135084
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method of manufacturing a booklet from a rectangular sheet of paper having information regarding a drug product printed thereon. The method comprises applying a first portion of glue to a first face of the sheet of paper along a single linear path, applying a second portion of glue to a second face of the sheet of paper along a single linear path, making a plurality of parallel folds in the sheet of paper in a direction transverse to the single linear paths along which the glue was applied to produce an intermediate item, and trimming the intermediate item in a direction parallel to the plurality of parallel folds to cause the first and second of the plurality of parallel folds to be removed from the intermediate item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Vijuk Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Furst, James R. Monaco
  • Patent number: 7101607
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite insulation material. The composite insulation material includes a syntactic foam component and a plurality of aerogel inserts. The present invention also relates to a method of making a composite insulation material. The present invention further relates to a method for enhancing the flexibility of a solid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Joseph C. Mollendorf, David Pendergast, Erik R. Bardy, Sawson Samimy, Eric M. Stimson, Colin K. Dauria, Raymond D. Buchner
  • Patent number: 7086436
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a furniture leg is provided which includes the steps of providing a substrate having a thin covering and routing the substrate to provide an outer peripheral configuration having a top side, a bottom side, a left side, and a right side, wherein the top side and the bottom side are each generally straight and converge. The method further includes the steps of routing v-shaped cut-out regions that extend through the substrate, but not into the thin covering, in a substantially straight line from the left side to the right side. Angled surfaces are mitered on the top side and the bottom side. Finally, the method includes the step of folding the substrate having the thin covering about the v-shaped cut-out regions into the elongate article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Inventor: Kevin Gottlieb
  • Patent number: 7018499
    Abstract: A new form of printed material, referred to herein as a booklet, provides printed information concerning commercial products, such as drug products and the like. The booklet is preferably formed from a single sheet of material that is printed, folded, glued and trimmed to form a multi-page booklet. The booklet can also include a removable insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Vijuk Equipment, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Furst, James R. Monaco
  • Patent number: 6989066
    Abstract: A cellular structure such as a honeycomb window treatment and method for making the cellular structure is provided by securing a plurality of rows of elongated cells to one another. Each of the plurality of rows is constructed by providing a first longitudinally extending length of material. This first material includes a first surface and a second surface. The first material further includes a lesser width portion and a greater width portion. A second longitudinally extending length of material is also provided. The second material also includes a first surface and a second surface of the first material. The second surface of the second material is secured to the first surface over the greater width portion of the first material along a plurality longitudinally extending locations, preferably defined by glue or adhesive lines, on the second surface of the second material to form a row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Teh Yor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fu-Lai Yu
  • Patent number: 6984279
    Abstract: A method of making a pant having a front-to-back crotch seam includes providing a flat web. The flat web can be cut into separate pieces or cut to provide interconnected pieces and the center portion of each separate piece is removed. Slits are cut in each separate piece or each interconnected piece and the remaining attached segments are drawn away from each other in opposite directions to bring first and second seam edges together for the purpose of forming a garment shell with a crotch seam. The method may be applied to a single piece of material representing a single garment or to an interconnected web of garments. After forming the crotch seam, the garment shell can be folded and side seams formed. The pant may include an absorbent structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Heather Schenck Mortell, Joseph Daniel Coenen
  • Patent number: 6951592
    Abstract: Cover pads for use on upright walls, wherein the pad provides an improved internal support which is of simplified construction, for example the center support and the surrounding frame being made of a one-piece monolithic support structure which permits a flexible covering or fabric to be attached to the center support and the exterior side surfaces of the edge frame while the fabric and support structure are in a flat and planar condition, following which the edge frame is folded and secured into position around the center support. The internal support structure for the pad, when in a flat condition, has voids at the corners so that the fabric can be easily tucked into the corners prior to the edge frame being folded into its closing or frame-defining position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony McConnell, Randolph Woellper
  • Patent number: 6878223
    Abstract: A prefastened absorbent garment is manufactured with its longitudinal axis in the machine direction. A web of garment chassis material extending in the machine direction is overlaid with a side panel web laying substantially within the garment chassis borders. The side panel web is attached to the chassis web and has fasteners thereon. The side panel web can be split in two and folded to place its fasteners in proximity to complementary fasteners disposed at the opposing end of the garment on the chassis web when the chassis web is folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: David Arthur Kuen, Robert Lee Popp, Joseph D. Coenen, Shawn A. Quereshi, Jack L. Couillard, Christopher Peter Olson
  • Patent number: 6830718
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure, the method comprising the steps of forming staggered cells through the entire thickness of a fiber fabric, causing loosely held pegs to penetrate into respective ones of the cells, each peg having a cross-section of size smaller than that of the corresponding cell and being made of a material that is suitable for expanding; expanding the pegs so that they fill the cells and exert pressure on the inside faces of the cells; and shrinking the pegs and then withdrawing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Jean Pierre Maumus, Claude Grondin
  • Patent number: 6800351
    Abstract: The invention relates to a folded honeycomb structure and to a method and device for producing said folded honeycomb structure from a corrugated core web. The folded honeycomb structure has a number of adjacent corrugated core strips which lie in one plane and are interconnected by cover layer strips. Said cover layer strips are folded about 180° and are perpendicular to said plane. According to the inventive method for producing the folded honeycomb structure, interconnected corrugated core strips are produced first by making a number of longitudinal scores in a corrugated core web. These corrugated core strips are then alternately rotated through 90° respectively so that the cover layer strips fold and the folded honeycomb structure is formed. The device corresponding to this method consists of a number of rotating blades for making the longitudinal scores and a number of guiding elements for rotating the interconnecting corrugated core strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: K.U. Leuven Research & Development
    Inventors: Jochen Pflug, Ignace Verpoest
  • Publication number: 20040182500
    Abstract: There is provided a paperboard tube structure with an intermediate ply having cut-and-folded tabs to increase the effective thickness of the intermediate ply. The paperboard tube includes a plurality of paperboard plies wrapped one atop another about an axis with the intermediate ply positioned between an interior paperboard ply and an exterior paperboard ply. A plurality of cut-and-folded tabs are each created by a nonlinear incision in the intermediate ply that extends from a first endpoint to a second endpoint thereby creating a folding axis along a line from the first endpoint to the second endpoint. The tab is folded about the folding axis to overlie a region of the intermediate ply adjacent the folding axis. The tabs increase the effective thickness of the wall of the paperboard tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Wim van de Camp, Xiaokai Niu
  • Patent number: 6743318
    Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing a consolidated cellulosic article having first and second surfaces of a desired contour, a uniform density and variable caliper and basis weight are disclosed. The method and system employ a primary press having first and second similarly contoured platens to consolidate a mat of cellulosic material and a binding agent to a softboard having first level of density with first and second opposed sides of similar contour. A removal tool is then employed to remove cellulosic material from one or both of the first and second sides in a planar fashion. The resulting mat is then compressed a second time by a secondary press having first and second platens corresponding in shape to a higher density level while maintaining a substantially uniform caliper and basis weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventor: Dennis H. Vaders
  • Patent number: 6706369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a panel (1, 1′, 1″), wherein a hoard (6) is coated with a flexible layer (2) on a first side (7), said board (6) having a plurality of grooves (8) for facilitating the bending of the panel (1) to a curved shape. The invention also relates to a panel (1, 1′, 1″) manufactured by such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hornslet Møbelfabrik A/S
    Inventor: Jørgen Thomsen
  • Publication number: 20040022999
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing reinforced tags using a press is disclosed which includes providing a continuously moving web of tag material. A web of reinforcing material is also provided and die cut into reinforcing patches. The reinforcing material has a pressure sensitive adhesive thereon. A first portion of the patches is adhered to a first major surface of the continuously moving web of tag material so it extends beyond said first major surface. A second portion of the patches is contacted with a stationary curved surface which folds the patches as they move along the folder so that the second portion is folded around an edge of the tag material and adheres to a second major surface of the web of tag material. A hole is then cut in each tag unit at a location such that it extends through the patch at a point where it is adhered to two major surfaces of each tag unit. The web of tag material is then cut into the individual tag units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: F. Paul Valenti, John Garber
  • Publication number: 20030201062
    Abstract: A recyclable cushioning material for packaging obtained by forming a cushioning material for packaging used to protect articles supplied for physical distribution from being impacted with one sheet of corrugated fiberboard and a method and device for manufacturing the cushioning material, wherein a plurality of cutting lines (11 to 21) are formed in one sheet of corrugated fiberboard (10) in parallel with each other in the direction perpendicular to a direction in which the pleats of the corrugated fiberboard extend and a plurality of connection parts (25) are formed intermittently on each of these cutting lines so that a plurality of unit corrugated fiberboard (41 to 52) can be folded up alternately each other, openings (30 to 33) including the cutting lines are formed in the plurality of unit fiberboard (46 to 52) located on the inner side, and zig-zag foldings at the cutting lines (11 to 21) in which hump-folds and trough-folds are formed alternately each other are performed simultaneously by a zig-zag fol
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: ALTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Miyazaki, Toshiyuki Hashiuchi
  • Patent number: 6599609
    Abstract: A stack assemblage of metallic, paper, or paper-like sheets or strips of material secured to one another to define a honeycomb core structure when the assemblage is expanded and flange tabs provided on the opposite edges of said stack. When the stack is expanded, the flange tabs can be deformed into flange orientation on the opposite edges of said stack. The method of fabricating the flange tabs and flanges on the assemblage and the expanded core structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Inventor: Jeffrey Don Johnson