Alan T Campbell

US Patent:

6918232, Jul 19, 2005

Filed:

Jun 20, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/175349

Inventors:

Steve Sze Wan Lam - Richmond, CA
Alan Jeffrey Campbell - Germantown TN, US
Randall Flaman - Winter Park FL, US

Assignee:

BKI Holdinfs Corporation - Memphis TN

International Classification:

B65B063/04

US Classification:

53429, 53434, 53435, 53116, 53117, 53520, 53157, 493413, 493414

Abstract:

A package of a strip of material is formed by slitting or perforating a web to separate the web into side by side strips and fan folding the web to form a plurality of side by side stacks of the strips. The strip of each stack is spliced to the strip of the next stack to form a continuous strip through the package which can be unfolded for supply continuously to an end use machine. The package while compressed is wrapped by a packaging material which includes a bottom rigid plate, a top header and heat shrink bag wrapped around the package and under the bottom plate and heat sealed to a plastic layer covering a bottom surface of the bottom header plate.

US Patent:

7421832, Sep 9, 2008

Filed:

Feb 16, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/058423

Inventors:

Steve Sze Wan Lam - Richmond, CA
Alan Jeffrey Campbell - Germantown TN, US
Randall Flaman - Winter Park FL, US

Assignee:

BKI Holding Corporation - Memphis TN

International Classification:

B65B 63/04

US Classification:

53429, 53434, 53435

Abstract:

A package of a strip of material is formed by slitting or perforating a web to separate the web into side by side strips and fan folding the web to form a plurality of side by side stacks of the strips. The strip of each stack is spliced to the strip of the next stack to form a continuous strip through the package which can be unfolded for supply continuously to an end use machine. The package while compressed is wrapped by a packaging material which includes a bottom header plate and heat shrink bag wrapped around the package and under a bottom header plate and heat sealed to a bottom surface of the bottom header plate. The spliced connecting portions are held attached to the end plane of the package by a series of spaced tie members formed of spare strip material each of which extends across the end plane and has opposed ends of the tie member tucked between two of the strip portions of respective ones of the outermost stacks. Downstream of the supply and prior to folding a splice detector is responsive to the presence of a supply splice in the web and the control of the process is arranged to mark for rejection any package wherein the number of detected supply splices contained therein is greater than a predetermined number. The strip portions are spliced by ultrasonically heating the strip portions while in contact preferably at a butt splice while using heat sealable bridging fibers to effect a heat seal between the portions.

US Patent:

7465684, Dec 16, 2008

Filed:

Dec 12, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/301636

Inventors:

Jeffrey Scott Hurley - Bartlett TN, US
Brian E. Boehmer - Cordova TN, US
Alan Jeffrey Campbell - Germantown TN, US
Jerry Michael Moore - Charlotte NC, US
Douglas William Vercauteren - Gastonia NC, US
Barry George Burgess - Huntersville NC, US
Heather Fielder Horton - Memphis TN, US

Assignee:

Buckeye Technologies Inc. - Memphis TN

International Classification:

D04H 3/00
B32B 5/18
B32B 3/00
B32B 7/02

US Classification:

442373, 442361, 428213, 428218, 428220, 428172

Abstract:

The present invention provides high strength nonwoven wipe materials and the process of making the materials. The high strength nonwoven wipe materials contain cellulosic fibers, synthetic fibers, or mixtures thereof, with bicomponent fibers and optionally, a binder. The present invention provides a high strength, high elongation, reduced stiffness nonwoven wipe material with superior tensile strength.

US Patent:

7919419, Apr 5, 2011

Filed:

Nov 5, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/265473

Inventors:

Jeffrey Scott Hurley - Bartlett TN, US
Brian E. Boehmer - Cordova TN, US
Alan Jeffrey Campbell - Germantown TN, US
Jerry Michael Moore - Charlotte NC, US
Douglas William Vercauteren - Gastonia NC, US
Barry George Burgess - Huntersville NC, US
Heather Fielder Horton - Memphis TN, US

Assignee:

Buckeye Technologies Inc. - Memphis TN

International Classification:

D04H 1/00
B32B 5/26

US Classification:

442361, 442381, 442391, 442392, 442389

Abstract:

The present invention provides high strength nonwoven wipe materials and the process of making the materials. The high strength nonwoven wipe materials contain cellulosic fibers, synthetic fibers, or mixtures thereof, with bicomponent fibers and optionally, a binder. The present invention provides a high strength, high elongation, reduced stiffness nonwoven wipe material with superior tensile strength.

US Patent:

8501647, Aug 6, 2013

Filed:

Feb 4, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/021479

Inventors:

Jeffrey Scott Hurley - Bartlett TN, US
Brian E. Boehmer - Cordova TN, US
Alan Jeffrey Campbell - Germantown TN, US
Jerry Michael Moore - Charlotte NC, US
Douglas William Vercauteren - Gastonia NC, US
Heather Fielder Horton - Nashville TN, US
Barry George Burgess - Hunterville CA, US

Assignee:

Buckeye Technologies Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

D04H 1/00
B32B 5/24
B32B 5/26
B32B 27/02

US Classification:

442361, 442373, 442381, 442392, 4282967, 4283004, 4283007

Abstract:

The present invention provides high strength nonwoven wipe materials and the process of making the materials. The high strength nonwoven wipe materials contain cellulosic fibers, synthetic fibers, or mixtures thereof, with bicomponent fibers and optionally, a binder. The present invention provides a high strength, high elongation, reduced stiffness nonwoven wipe material with superior tensile strength.

US Patent:

20220287925, Sep 15, 2022

Filed:

Aug 5, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/633897

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Jacek K. DUTKIEWICZ - Cordova TN, US
Alan J. CAMPBELL - Germantown TN, US

International Classification:

A61K 8/02
A61Q 19/10
A61K 8/73
A61K 8/20
A61K 8/86
D04H 1/425
D04H 1/587
D04H 1/64

Abstract:

Nonwoven materials having at least one layer comprising cellulose fibers, synthetic fibers, or combinations thereof are provided. Such nonwoven materials are at least partially covered on their surface with a binder including carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and a metallic salt, the binder having a pH of from about 4.3 to about 4.5. Nonwoven materials including such binder provide for increased wet strength and dispersibility and are suitable for use in a variety of applications, including wipes.

US Patent:

20200407895, Dec 31, 2020

Filed:

Mar 12, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/978889

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Alan J. Campbell - Germantown TN, US
Timothy J. Kistemaker - Mooresville NC, US
Ronald T. Moose - Lakeland TN, US
Jacek K. Dutkiewicz - Cordova TN, US
Brian Fong - Lakeland TN, US
Thomas J. Cavanaugh - Cordova TN, US

International Classification:

D04H 1/732
A61F 13/537
D04H 1/4291
D04H 1/435
D04H 1/541

Abstract:

Nonwoven materials having at least one layer comprising high core bicomponent fibers are provided. The nonwoven materials can have multiple layers and are suitable for use in a variety of applications, including in absorbent products. Such nonwoven materials can be patterned to create a three-dimensional topography including indentations formed of valleys and ridges. The nonwoven materials can have improved resiliency and strength and can retain their structure under wetted conditions and after tension and compression. The nonwoven materials can further facilitate the transfer of the liquid through the nonwoven material for improved liquid distribution and can also have improved liquid retention properties.

US Patent:

20200255992, Aug 13, 2020

Filed:

Sep 25, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/651711

Inventors:

- Atlanta GA, US
Alan J. Campbell - Germantown TN, US
Timothy J. Kistemaker - Mooresville NC, US
Ronald T. Moose - Lakeland TN, US
Jacek K. Dutkiewicz - Cordova TN, US
Brian Fong - Lakeland TN, US
Thomas J. Cavanaugh - Cordova TN, US

International Classification:

D04H 1/541
D04H 1/732
D01F 8/06
D01F 8/14
D04H 1/4291
D04H 1/435
B32B 5/02
B32B 7/12
B32B 5/26

Abstract:

Nonwoven materials having at least one layer comprising high core bicomponent fibers are provided. The nonwoven materials can have multiple layers and are suitable for use in a variety of applications, including in absorbent products. The nonwoven materials can have improved resiliency and strength and can retain their structure under wetted conditions and after tension and compression.