Rodney L Abba from 3645 Shangri La Point Rd, Oshkosh, WI 54904, age 67, Phone: 9202368942

Us Patents

Stabilized Absorbent Material And Systems For Personal Care Products Having Controlled Placement Of Visco-Elastic Fluids
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US Patent:

6608236, Aug 19, 2003
Filed:

May 5, 1998
Appl. No.:

09/072172
Inventors:

Andrew Scott Burnes - Lawrenceville GA
Rebecca Lyn Dilnik - Neenah WI
Connie Lynn Hetzler - Sparta NJ
Thomas Patrick Jorgenson - Neenah WI
Tamara Lee Mace - Doraville GA
David Michael Matela - Alpharetta GA
Jayne Bramstedt Nelson - Neenah WI
Lawrence Howell Sawyer - Roswell GA
Heather Anne Sorebo - Appleton WI
James Allyn Spiers - Acworth GA
Laura Jane Walker - Appleton WI
Rodney Lawrence Abba - Oshkosh WI
Charles John Chappell - Menasha WI
Valerie Victoria Finch - Neenah WI
Ann Marie Giencke - Menasha WI
Michael Brent Kottek - Neenah WI
Allan James Krueger - Winneconne WI
Andrew Michael Lake - Combined Locks WI
MeeWha Lee - Appleton WI
Janice Gail Nielsen - Appleton WI
Ann Margaret Vanevenhoven - Appleton WI
Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI
International Classification:

A61F 1315
US Classification:

604378, 60438501
Abstract:

There is provided a distribution material for personal care products which is a fabric which wicks artificial menses according to a horizontal wicking test a distance of about 1 inch in less than about 1. 5 minutes. Materials meeting this performance criteria generally have a pore size distribution with a high percentage (usually more than 50 percent) of pore diameters between about 80 and 400 microns and a density below about 0. 15 g/cc. There is also provided a personal care product system having a distribution/retention layer and a pad shaping layer wherein each layer has a stain length ratio of 0. 5 or less and the distribution/retention layer has a saturation profile of 4 or less.

Process For Splicing Blocks Of Multi-Lane Festooned Material
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US Patent:

6673185, Jan 6, 2004
Filed:

Dec 20, 2001
Appl. No.:

10/027786
Inventors:

Mark W. Beduhn - Menasha WI
Kent E. Kordsmeier - Neenah WI
Rodney L. Abba - Oshkosh WI
Robert J. Makolin - Neenah WI
Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI
International Classification:

B65H 6906
US Classification:

156157, 1563041, 428 57, 270 3905
Abstract:

A process is provided for splicing multiple blocks of multi-lane festooned material. The tail ends of stacks from a first block are spliced to lead ends of stacks from a second block, and the tail ends of the stacks in the second block are spliced with the lead ends of stacks in the first block or another block.

Method For Axial Feeding Of Ribbon Material And A Stock Of Ribbon Material Coils For Axial Feeding
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US Patent:

6702212, Mar 9, 2004
Filed:

Dec 31, 2001
Appl. No.:

10/039077
Inventors:

Rodney L. Abba - Oshkosh WI
Robert J. Waldron - Appleton WI
Robert J. Makolin - Neenah WI
Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI
International Classification:

B65H 1610
US Classification:

2421602, 242167
Abstract:

A method of preparing connected coils of wound ribbon in an alternating pattern to reduce twisting thereof during continuous axial ribbon feed to a processing machine. Each coil has a sequence of turns wound about a central axis and includes central end at an inner-most turn of the sequence of turns and an outer end at an outer-most turn of the sequence of turns. The outer end of a first coil of the coils is connected to the central end of a second coil of the coils. The method includes orienting the first coil in a clockwise winding direction and orienting the second coil in a counterclockwise winding direction such that at least some twists developed during axial ribbon feed of the first coil are removed during axial ribbon feed of the second coil.

Twist Controlling Device, Rotatable Nip And Axial Feed System
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US Patent:

6726142, Apr 27, 2004
Filed:

Dec 31, 2001
Appl. No.:

10/038803
Inventors:

Rodney L. Abba - Oshkosh WI
Robert J. Waldron - Appleton WI
Robert J. Makolin - Neenah WI
Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI
International Classification:

B65H 5718
US Classification:

242566, 2426152
Abstract:

A twist controlling device for ribbon material wound in a coil about a central axis. The device controls twists in the ribbon material as it is fed from the coil to a processing machine. The device includes a gate adapted to be positioned along a ribbon feed path from the coil to the processing machine and having an opening therethrough for receiving the ribbon material. The gate is adapted to engage the ribbon and is rotatable about a gate axis generally coincident with a center of the opening for controlling twisting of the ribbon.

Method And Apparatus For Axial Feed Of Ribbon Material
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US Patent:

6735933, May 18, 2004
Filed:

Dec 31, 2001
Appl. No.:

10/038794
Inventors:

Rodney L. Abba - Oshkosh WI
Robert J. Waldron - Appleton WI
Robert J. Makolin - Neenah WI
Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI
International Classification:

D01H 100
US Classification:

57 23, 57 66, 57 90
Abstract:

A method of controlling twisting in ribbon material fed from a coil of ribbon material into a processing machine. The coil has a central axis perpendicular to a plane of the coil. The method includes pulling ribbon material from the coil in a direction having a twist-promoting axial component relative to the plane of the coil and continuously rotating the coil during the pulling step at a rotational speed greater than zero so that a number of twists in the unwound ribbon is maintained below a predetermined number.

Pulp And Synthetic Fiber Absorbent Composites For Personal Care Products
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US Patent:

6759567, Jul 6, 2004
Filed:

Jun 27, 2001
Appl. No.:

09/892947
Inventors:

Charles Wilson Colman - Marietta GA
Rodney Lawrence Abba - Oshkosh WI
Jaime Braverman - Altanta GA
John Thomas Cooper - Clinton TN
Maureen Myrl Falls - Neenah WI
Tiffany Marshalle Lee Hunter - Stone Mountain GA
Steven Rashad Inabinet - Knoxville TN
David Martin Jackson - Roswell GA
Nancy Donaldson Kollin - Roswell GA
Yen-Ling Lai - Duluth GA
Sylvia Bandy Little - Marietta GA
Robert John Makolin - Neenah WI
David Joseph Nickel - Neenah WI
Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI
International Classification:

A61F 1315
US Classification:

604378, 604379, 604377, 604375, 604372
Abstract:

A personal care product that has a liquid impermeable backsheet, a liquid permeable topsheet, and an absorbent composite located between the topsheet and backsheet. The absorbent composite has an upper layer made of synthetic fiber with at most 20 weight percent pulp and the upper layer has a density between about 0. 03 and 0. 15 g/cc and a basis weight between about 20 to 75 gsm. The composite has a lower layer having from 80 to 95 weight percent pulp, at most 20 weight percent binder, and has a density greater than the upper layer and between 0. 06 and 0. 20 g/cc, and a basis weight between 120 and 200 gsm.

Method For Axial Feeding Of Ribbon Material And A Stock Of Ribbon Material Coils For Axial Feeding
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US Patent:

6802467, Oct 12, 2004
Filed:

Dec 31, 2001
Appl. No.:

10/038795
Inventors:

Rodney L. Abba - Oshkosh WI
Robert J. Waldron - Appleton WI
Robert J. Makolin - Neenah WI
Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI
International Classification:

B65H 1828
US Classification:

242167, 2421602, 242551
Abstract:

A method of preparing coils of wound ribbon to reduce twisting thereof during continuous axial ribbon feed to a processing machine. Each coil has a sequence of turns wound about a central axis and includes a central end at an inner-most turn of the sequence of turns and an outer end at an outer-most turn of the sequence of turns. The method includes orienting a first coil and a second coil so that the first and second coils are wound in identical directions and splicing the central end of the first coil to the central end of the second coil such that at least some twists developed during axial ribbon feed of the first coil are removed during axial ribbon feed of the second coil.

Multi-Segmented Embossing Apparatus And Method
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US Patent:

6998086, Feb 14, 2006
Filed:

Sep 19, 2003
Appl. No.:

10/666367
Inventors:

Andrew Michael Lake - Kimberly WI, US
Shelley Rae Rasmussen - Oshkosh WI, US
Jesse James Pasterski - Greenville WI, US
Wen Tong Lay - Appleton WI, US
Marcus David Weiher - Sherwood WI, US
Michael John Bott - Oshkosh WI, US
Rodney Lawrence Abba - Oshkosh WI, US
Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI
International Classification:

B29C 59/04
US Classification:

264284, 101 6, 101 23, 101 32, 425194, 425363
Abstract:

An embossing method and apparatus () comprises a rotary embossing device () having a radial direction () and an outer peripheral surface (). The embossing device () includes at least one embossing-component () which extends at least radially outward from the peripheral surface (), and is configured to provide for a first embossing-pattern (). The embossing device () also includes a rotary shaft member (). A base embossing-segment () is operatively joined to the rotary shaft member () and configured to carry a first base-section () of the first embossing-component (). In a particular aspect, a first, supplemental embossing-segment () is operatively joined and selectively positionable on the rotary shaft member (), and is configured to carry a first supplemental-section () of the first embossing-component (). In other aspects, a first spacing mechanism () can adjust a radial position of the first, supplemental embossing-segment (), and a first, supplemental attachment-mechanism () can secure the radial position of the second supplemental embossing-segment ().