Jason Jahn Hadley

US Patent:

20020187700, Dec 12, 2002

Filed:

May 17, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/151579

Inventors:

Stanley Gryskiewicz - Woodstock GA, US
David Jackson - Roswell GA, US
Jason Hadley - Atlanta GA, US
Jerome Schwalen - Marietta GA, US
Frank Abuto - Duluth GA, US
Kuo-Shu Chang - Roswell GA, US
Susan Paul - Alpharetta GA, US
Richard Schmidt - Roswell GA, US

International Classification:

D04H001/00
D04H003/00
D04H005/00
D04H013/00

US Classification:

442/361000, 442/327000

Abstract:

Bonded fluff structures and a method for producing such bonded fluff structures in which a pulp sheet having a material suitable for producing fluff and a heat activatable fiber material is fiberized to produce a mixture of fluff and heat activatable fibers. The mixture is contacted with a hot air stream, heating the heat activatable fibers to an activation temperature. The resulting heated mixture is then deposited onto a forming structure, forming a bonded fluff/fiber composite matrix structure.

US Patent:

6419865, Jul 16, 2002

Filed:

Sep 30, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/940360

Inventors:

Stanley Michael Gryskiewicz - Woodstock GA
David Martin Jackson - Roswell GA
Jason Douglas Hadley - Atlanta GA
Jerome Joseph Schwalen - Marietta GA
Frank Paul Abuto - Duluth GA
Kuo-Shu Edward Chang - Roswell GA
Susan Carol Paul - Alpharetta GA
Richard John Schmidt - Roswell GA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

D04H 160

US Classification:

264122, 264 6, 264113, 264115, 604378, 442350, 442351, 442401, 442 59

Abstract:

Bonded fluff structures and a method for producing such bonded fluff structures in which a pulp sheet having a material suitable for producing fluff and a heat activatable fiber material is fiberized to produce a mixture of fluff and heat activatable fibers. The mixture is contacted with a hot air stream, heating the heat activatable fibers to an activation temperature. The resulting heated mixture is then deposited onto a forming structure, forming a bonded fluff/fiber composite matrix structure.