Paul J Chapman

US Patent:

6929013, Aug 16, 2005

Filed:

Nov 25, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/303646

Inventors:

Charles Ray Ashcraft - Winston-Salem NC, US
James Ray Hutchens - Walnut Cove NC, US
Gregory Scott Pierce - Kernersville NC, US
Don Hayes White - King NC, US
Sara Sutton Williard - Winston-Salem NC, US
Paul Stuart Chapman - Winston-Salem NC, US
Mark Stuart Powell - Winston-Salem NC, US

Assignee:

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

A24D001/02

US Classification:

131365, 131349, 162139

Abstract:

Smokable rods of cigarettes are manufactured using wrapping materials that incorporate at least one fibrous material (e. g. , flax fibers, hardwood pulp fibers and/or softwood pulp fibers) at least one filler material (e. g. , calcium carbonate in particulate form). The wrapping materials possess multi-layer coatings. The wrapping materials possess coatings in the form of series of spaced apart bands, each band possessing a series of layers. At least one of the coating layers can have a filler material dispersed or suspended within a film-forming material of that layer.

US Patent:

6976493, Dec 20, 2005

Filed:

Nov 25, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/303639

Inventors:

Paul Stuart Chapman - Winston-Salem NC, US
Sara Sutton Williard - Winston-Salem NC, US
Charles Ray Ashcraft - Winston-Salem NC, US
James Ray Hutchens - Walnut Cove NC, US
Gregory Scott Pierce - Kernersville NC, US
Mark Stuart Powell - Winston-Salem NC, US

Assignee:

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

A24D001/02

US Classification:

131365, 131349, 162139

Abstract:

Smokable rods of cigarettes are manufactured using wrapping materials that incorporate at least one fibrous material (e. g. , flax fibers, hardwood pulp fibers and/or softwood pulp fibers) at least one filler material (e. g. , calcium carbonate in particulate form). The wrapping materials possess multi-layer coatings. The wrapping materials possess coatings in the form of series of spaced apart bands, each band possessing a series of layers. At least one of the coating layers can have a filler material dispersed or suspended within a film-forming material of that layer.

US Patent:

7237559, Jul 3, 2007

Filed:

Oct 15, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/686558

Inventors:

Charles Ray Ashcraft - Winston-Salem NC, US
James Ray Hutchens - Walnut Cove NC, US
Gregory Scott Pierce - Kernersville NC, US
Don Hayes White - King NC, US
Sara Sutton Williard - Winston-Salem NC, US
Paul Stuart Chapman - Winston-Salem NC, US
Mark Stuart Powell - Winston-Salem NC, US

Assignee:

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

A24D 1/02
D21F 11/00

US Classification:

131365, 131360, 162139, 162158

Abstract:

Smokable rods of cigarettes are manufactured using wrapping materials that incorporate at least one fibrous material (e. g. , flax fibers, hardwood pulp fibers and/or softwood pulp fibers) at least one filler material (e. g. , calcium carbonate in particulate form). The wrapping materials possess multi-layer coatings. The wrapping materials possess coatings in the form of series of spaced apart bands, each band possessing a series of layers. At least one of the coating layers can have a filler material dispersed or suspended within a film-forming material of that layer. For a representative wrapping material, a pattern of applied to the wire side major surface of the wrapping material substrate as a plurality of layers, and at least one of the layers includes ethylcellulose and calcium carbonate. For that layer, the calcium carbonate is present in an amount greater than the ethylcellulose, on a weight basis. The ethylcellulose and calcium carbonate typically are applied as part of a non-aqueous formulation incorporating iso-propyl acetate, triacetin and lecithin.

US Patent:

7677256, Mar 16, 2010

Filed:

Sep 13, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/225927

Inventors:

Paul Stuart Chapman - Winston-Salem NC, US
Sara Sutton Williard - Winston-Salem NC, US
Charles Ray Ashcraft - Winston-Salem NC, US
James Ray Hutchens - Walnut Cove NC, US
Gregory Scott Pierce - Kernersville NC, US
Mark Stuart Powell - Winston-Salem NC, US

Assignee:

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

D21H 11/00
D21H 13/00
D21H 15/00
D21H 17/00
D21H 19/00
D21H 21/00
D21H 23/00
D21H 25/00
D21H 27/00

US Classification:

131365, 131360, 131349, 131347, 131284, 162139

Abstract:

Smokable rods of cigarettes are manufactured using wrapping materials that incorporate at least one fibrous material (e. g. , flax fibers, hardwood pulp fibers and/or softwood pulp fibers) at least one filler material (e. g. , calcium carbonate in particulate form). The wrapping materials possess multi-layer coatings. The wrapping materials possess coatings in the form of series of spaced apart bands, each band possessing a series of layers. At least one of the coating layers can have a filler material dispersed or suspended within a film-forming material of that layer.

US Patent:

7789089, Sep 7, 2010

Filed:

Aug 4, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/462505

Inventors:

Michael Francis Dube - Winston-Salem NC, US
Paul Stuart Chapman - Winston-Salem NC, US

Assignee:

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company - Winston-Salem NC

International Classification:

A24D 1/02

US Classification:

131360, 131365

Abstract:

A filtered cigarette possesses a smokable rod and a filter element. The smokable rod is secured to the filter element using tipping material. The cigarette possesses more than one layer of tipping material. An outer layer of tipping material can overlie at least a portion of an underlying inner layer of tipping material, and during use by the smoker, the outer layer can be removed from the cigarette. Thus, it is possible for a cigarette manufacturer to provide a cigarette that can be used as such by the smoker, or that can be adapted by the smoker to provide a different sensory experience (e. g. , the visual, organoleptic, trigeminal, aromatic, and tactile characteristics of the cigarette can be altered by removal of the outer tipping material). Alternatively, the use of the outer layer of tipping material can be used to improve the physical integrity of the cigarette.

US Patent:

7905853, Mar 15, 2011

Filed:

Oct 30, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/929330

Inventors:

Paul Chapman - Lutz FL, US
Robert W. Childers - Trinity FL, US
Gideon Hecht - Seminole FL, US
Anders Wellings - Largo FL, US

Assignee:

Baxter International Inc. - Deerfield IL
Baxter Healthcare S.A. - Glattpark (Opfikon)

International Classification:

A61M 37/00
A61M 1/00
A61M 31/00
F04B 41/06
F04B 49/06
F04B 43/12
C02F 9/00

US Classification:

604 401, 604 61, 604 611, 604 29, 604 30, 604 35, 604 9301, 417 2, 417 441, 4174771, 417480, 417490, 417521, 210258, 210646

Abstract:

A dialysis machine valve manifold assembly includes a plurality of pneumatic valves; a plate including a first side and a second side, the plurality of pneumatic valves mounted to the first side of the plate, the second side of the plate defining a plurality of pneumatic flow paths; and a port header mounted removably to the plate, the port header including a plurality of ports configured to connect sealingly to pneumatic tubing, the ports in fluid communication with the pneumatic valves via the pneumatic flow paths defined in the plate.

US Patent:

8377012, Feb 19, 2013

Filed:

Jan 29, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/696889

Inventors:

Paul R. Chapman - Lutz FL, US
Brian J. Connell - Evanston IL, US

Assignee:

Baxter International Inc. - Deerfield IL
Baxter Healthcare S.A. - Glattpark (Opfikon)

International Classification:

A61M 5/00

US Classification:

604250, 604523, 604 30, 604 33, 604 34

Abstract:

Transfer sets are disclosed in the present patent. The transfer set provides a connection between a source of peritoneal dialysis fluid and a patient for whom peritoneal dialysis has been prescribed. The transfer sets disclosed herein are smaller and provide a more compact and convenient device by which a dialysis patient controls the flow of dialysis fluid to and from the peritoneum of the patient. The devices are more compact and convenient because they include more convenient mechanisms for starting and stopping flow of the dialysis fluid. It is also easy to determine whether the mechanism is in a closed or open configuration by simply looking at the mechanism.

US Patent:

8465446, Jun 18, 2013

Filed:

Mar 14, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/047203

Inventors:

Paul Chapman - Lutz FL, US
Robert W. Childers - Trinity FL, US
Gideon Hecht - Seminole FL, US
Anders Wellings - Largo FL, US

Assignee:

Baxter International Inc. - Deerfield IL
Baxter Healthcare S.A. - Glattpark (Opfikon)

International Classification:

A61M 1/00
A61M 1/10
A61M 1/14
A61M 37/00

US Classification:

604 401, 604 61, 604 611, 422 44

Abstract:

A dialysis system includes at least one pneumatic valve, a pneumatic pump in fluid communication with the pneumatic valve, a pneumatic line communicating with an inlet and an outlet of the pneumatic pump, a flow restrictor placed in the pneumatic line, and a logic implementer. The logic implementer is programmed to operate the pneumatic valve to either (i) communicate the pneumatic outlet with the pneumatic inlet of the pneumatic pump through the flow restrictor and the pneumatic line, or (ii) communicate the outlet of the pneumatic pump with a component of the dialysis system.