Kristopher K Biegler

20110151171, Jun 23, 2011

Dec 21, 2010

12/974536

Kristopher K. Biegler - Minneapolis MN, US
Jorge A. Ferreiro - Capital Federal, AR
Michael R. Gorman - Lake Eimo MN, US
Victor F. Panza - Buenos Aires, AR
Omar A. Parodi - Buenos Aires, AR
Gabriela F. Serra - Capital Federal, AR
William C. Unruh - Inver Grove Heights MN, US

B32B 3/06
B32B 5/02
B32B 7/04
B32B 3/30
B32B 3/00
B32B 37/06

428 57, 428221, 442327, 428172, 428 99, 1563082

Herein are disclosed apparatus and methods for impinging heated fluids onto the surfaces of substrates to heat the surfaces of the substrates so as to facilitate melt-bonding the substrates to each other to form a laminate. Also are disclosed are laminates in which a fibrous web is bonded to a substrate in a surface-bonded manner and/or is bonded in a loft-retaining manner. The substrate may comprise protrusions on the surface of the substrate opposite the surface that is bonded to the fibrous web.

20120204383, Aug 16, 2012

Feb 16, 2011

13/028912

Leigh E. Wood - Woodbury MN, US
Thomas J. Gilbert - St. Paul MN, US
Mark A. Peltier - Forest Lake MN, US
Peter Kitzer - Echt, NL
Volker Hauschildt - Hilden, DE
Andreas Urban - Koeln, DE
William C. Unruh - Inver Grover Heights MN, US
Kristopher K. Biegler - Minneapolis MN, US

A44B 18/00
B29C 70/14

24306, 264163, 24450

A method of making a mechanical fastening strip and a reticulated mechanical fastening strip are disclosed. The method includes providing a backing having upstanding posts; providing interrupted slits through the backing, the interrupted slits being interrupted by at least one intact bridging region; spreading the slit backing to provide multiple strands separated from each other between at least some of the bridging regions to provide at least one opening; and fixing the multiple strands of the backing in a spread configuration. The reticulated mechanical fastening strip includes multiple strands of a backing attached to each other at bridging regions in the backing and separated from each other between the bridging regions to provide openings. Upstanding posts on each of the multiple strands have bases attached to the backing, and each of the multiple strands has a width that is greater than that of the bases of its attached upstanding posts.

20120213934, Aug 23, 2012

Feb 17, 2011

13/029155

Kristopher K. Biegler - Minneapolis MN, US
Michael R. Gorman - Lake Elmo MN, US

B05D 3/04

427348, 118 50

Herein are disclosed apparatus and methods for impinging fluids, e.g. heated fluids, onto the surface of moving substrates and then locally removing the impinged fluid. The apparatus may comprise at least first and second fluid delivery outlets that are in diverging relation to each other. A long axis of the first fluid delivery outlet may be oriented obliquely to the path of the first moving substrate, and a long axis of the second fluid delivery outlet may be oriented obliquely to the path of the second moving substrate. The apparatus may comprise at least first and second fluid capture inlets that are locally positioned relative to the first and second fluid delivery outlets, respectively.

20120313274, Dec 13, 2012

Jun 7, 2011

13/155349

Pentti K. Loukusa - Hanover MN, US
Robert A. Yapel - Oakdale MN, US
Terence D. Neavin - St. Paul MN, US
Jennifer L. Trice - Hugo MN, US
Kristopher K. Biegler - Minneapolis MN, US
Paul C. Thomas - Roberts WI, US
William J. Kopecky - Hudson WI, US
Keith R. Bruesewitz - River Falls WI, US
Robert B. Secor - Stillwater MN, US

B29C 47/92

264 401, 425141

A method of controlling a slot die comprises, while continuing to pass the extrudate through the fluid flow path and out the applicator slot, changing the position of the actuators with the controller to either increase the cross-directional thickness of the fluid flow path adjacent each of the actuators or substantially close the fluid flow path adjacent the actuators, and after changing the cross-directional thickness of the fluid flow path adjacent each of the actuators, while continuing to pass the extrudate through the fluid flow path and out the applicator slot, repositioning each of the actuators with the controller according to the set of discrete settings to resume operating the slot die with the actuators positioned according to the set of discrete settings.

20120313275, Dec 13, 2012

Jun 7, 2011

13/155357

Jennifer L. Trice - Hugo MN, US
Pentti K. Loukusa - Hanover MN, US
Robert A. Yapel - Oakdale MN, US
Robert B. Secor - Stillwater MN, US
Paul C. Thomas - Roberts WI, US
William J. Kopecky - Hudson WI, US
Keith R. Bruesewitz - River Falls WI, US
Kristopher K. Biegler - Minneapolis MN, US

B29C 47/92
B29C 47/22

264 401, 264167

A method of controlling a slot die comprises positioning actuators of the slot die with a controller according to a first set of discrete settings, operating the slot die by passing an extrudate through the fluid flow path and out the applicator slot with the actuators positioned according to the first set of discrete settings, and while passing the extrudate through the fluid flow path and out the applicator slot, changing the positions of the actuators with the controller to create patterned features in the extrudate.

20120315378, Dec 13, 2012

Jun 7, 2011

13/155272

Robert A. Yapel - Oakdale MN, US
Jennifer L. Trice - Hugo MN, US
Pentti K. Loukusa - Hanover MN, US
Paul C. Thomas - Roberts WI, US
Kristopher K. Biegler - Minneapolis MN, US
William J. Kopecky - Hudson WI, US
Keith R. Bruesewitz - Rivers Falls WI, US
Robert A. Secor - Stillwater MN, US

C23C 16/52
B05C 11/00
B05D 3/12

427 8, 427356, 118696

A system comprises a slot die including an applicator slot extending about a width of the slot die, wherein the applicator slot is in fluid communication with a fluid flow path through the slot die, and a plurality of actuators spaced about the width of the slot die, wherein each actuator in the plurality of actuators is operable to adjust a cross-directional thickness of the fluid flow path at its respective location to provide a local adjustment of fluid flow through the applicator slot. The system further comprises a controller configured to set the position of each actuator according to one of a plurality of discrete settings for operation of the slot die. The controller is further configured to, using fluid dynamics and a digital model of the die, predict a set of discrete settings from the plurality of discrete settings corresponding to a preselected cross-web profile for the extrudate.

20120318454, Dec 20, 2012

Jun 14, 2011

13/160036

Kristopher K. Biegler - Minneapolis MN, US
Michael R. Gorman - Lake Elmo MN, US

B32B 37/04

1563086, 156556

Apparatus and methods for impinging a heated fluid onto the surface of a substrate and then locally removing the impinged fluid. The apparatus and methods may be used to heat a surface of a substrate e.g. so that the substrate can be melt-bonded to another substrate.

20130147076, Jun 13, 2013

Dec 13, 2011

13/323980

Neelakandan Chandrasekaran - Woodbury MN, US
Michael R. Gorman - Lake Elmo MN, US
Kristopher K. Biegler - Minneapolis MN, US
Timothy P. Pariseau - Forest Lake MN, US

B29C 47/06
G01B 11/14

264 401, 356614

A method of detecting the presence or position of a first component in an article is disclosed. The first component, which has a predefined response to incident light, includes a microporous film of a semi-crystalline polyolefin and a beta-nucleating agent. The method includes irradiating the article with incident light, detecting light received from the irradiated article; and identifying the predefined response of the first component in the light received from the irradiated article to detect the presence or the position of the first component. A method for preparing a mechanical fastening component for use in an article is also disclosed. The method includes stretching a film backing containing beta-spherulites and having upstanding fastening elements to provide a microporous film backing with sufficient porosity to allow it to be detected when subjected to an inspection system comprising a light detector.