Godfrey F Reiter

US Patent:

45631859, Jan 7, 1986

Filed:

May 17, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/734987

Inventors:

Godfrey Reiter - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A41B 1302

US Classification:

604385A

Abstract:

A method of producing a disposable diaper or other article including an elastically contractible element such as a waistband which undergoes a joint severance operation with one or more of the layers comprising the article, yet which, upon the application of an external stimulus such as heat, will return to its molecularly unoriented, heat stable state and thereby impart both shirring and elasticization to the severed edge of the article in a direction substantially parallel to the overall orientation of the line of severance. Particularly preferred articles made utilizing said method are also disclosed.

US Patent:

58661735, Feb 2, 1999

Filed:

Nov 18, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/752163

Inventors:

Godfrey Reiter - Cincinnati OH
John Billings Burchnall - West Chester OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B29C 3110

US Classification:

425 801

Abstract:

An absorbent core for use in an absorbent article for absorbing discharged bodily fluid includes a first absorbent material dispersed throughout the core, and a second absorbent material provided in a discrete strip, and substantially surrounded by the first absorbent material. An apparatus and method for producing such cores includes a mold support advanceable in a predetermined direction and having at least one mold therein, and a tubular conduit for the second material alignably positioned such that a portion of the conduit will pass through at least a portion of the mold as the mold support is advanced. The mold support may include a forming drum or a forming belt. The tubular conduit has a distal end through which the second absorbent material may be expelled. Particles of the first absorbent material are preferably deposited by air-entrainment into the molds, and these particles surround the tubular conduit in order to form a cavity into which the second absorbent material is deposited from the distal end of the conduit.

US Patent:

45431540, Sep 24, 1985

Filed:

Nov 4, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/549345

Inventors:

Godfrey Reiter - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A41B 1302
A61F 1316
B32B 3110
B32B 3118

US Classification:

156 731

Abstract:

A method of producing a disposable diaper or other article including an elastically contractible element such as a waistband which undergoes a joint severance operation with one or more of the layers comprising the article, yet which, upon the application of an external stimulus such as heat, will return to its molecularly unoriented, heat stable state and thereby impart both shirring and elasticization to the severed edge of the article in a direction substantially parallel to the overall orientation of the line of severance. Particularly preferred articles made utilizing said method are also disclosed.

US Patent:

57698341, Jun 23, 1998

Filed:

Nov 18, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/746934

Inventors:

Godfrey Reiter - Cincinnati OH
John Billings Burchnall - West Chester OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

A61F 1315

US Classification:

6043851

Abstract:

An absorbent article useful for absorbing bodily fluids discharged by the wearer of the article is provided. The absorbent article comprises a fluid pervious topsheet, a fluid impervious backsheet affixed to the topsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a resilient tubular member disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet for transporting the fluids to a predetermined region of the core. The tubular member has a plurality of fluid inlets and a plurality of fluid outlets, the inlets and outlets providing fluid communication between the interior and exterior of the tubular member. Discharged fluids may be transported from regions adjacent the inlets into the interior of the tubular member, and thereafter through the outlets to the predetermined regions of the core adjacent the outlets, thereby rapidly transporting the fluids to the predetermined region of the core. The inlets are normally open and the outlets are normally closed, however compression of the tubular member causes the inlets to close and the outlets to open, thereby permitting the desired fluid movement. Decompression and compression of the tubular member may be accomplished by the normal bodily movements of the wearer.

US Patent:

45792925, Apr 1, 1986

Filed:

May 16, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/735284

Inventors:

Gerald M. Weber - Loveland OH
Godfrey Reiter - Cincinnati OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B65H 1610
B65H 23185

US Classification:

242 55

Abstract:

An apparatus for unwinding a roll of web material which is prone to blocking: for example, an elastomeric film which, while rolled, is prone to having the convolutions of the roll stick together. The apparatus induces a sufficiently high rate of strain in a short span adjacent the roll to effect continuously peeling the outermost convolution from the roll. Additionally, the apparatus is of such a geometry that, in the event blocking precipitates circumferential shifting of the point of web separation from the roll, the stripping angle is increased. This, in turn, increases the effectiveness of the rate of strain induced peeling force on the web whereby more positive peeling occurs.

US Patent:

60484896, Apr 11, 2000

Filed:

Jan 29, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/240970

Inventors:

Godfrey Reiter - Cincinnati OH
John Billings Burchnall - West Chester OH

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

B27N 302

US Classification:

264510

Abstract:

An absorbent core for use in an absorbent article for absorbing discharged bodily fluid comprises a first absorbent material dispersed throughout the core, and a second absorbent material provided in a discrete strip, and substantially surrounded by the first absorbent material. An apparatus and method for producing such cores comprises a mold support advanceable in a predetermined direction and having at least one mold therein, and a tubular conduit for the second material alignably positioned such that a portion of the conduit will pass through at least a portion of the mold as the mold support is advanced. The mold support may comprise a forming drum or a forming belt. The tubular conduit has a distal end through which the second absorbent material may be expelled. Particles of the first absorbent material are preferably deposited by air-entrainment into the molds, and these particles surround the tubular conduit in order to form a cavity into which the second absorbent material is deposited from the distal end of the conduit.