Joseph E O'Connor

US Patent:

7022208, Apr 4, 2006

Filed:

Dec 31, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/334249

Inventors:

Francis L. Davenport - Ballston Lake NY, US
Charles E. Kramer - Walpole MA, US
Joseph G. O'Connor - Hopedale MA, US
Maurice Paquin - Plainville MA, US

Assignee:

Albany International Corp. - Albany NY

International Classification:

D21F 1/10
D21F 7/08
D21F 7/12

US Classification:

1623582, 162348, 162362, 162900, 162902, 162903, 428196, 428198, 428220, 442149, 442218, 442263, 34116, 34123, 156181, 427288

Abstract:

A method of manufacturing and a papermaker's or industrial fabric, which includes the application of a polymeric resin material onto preselected discrete locations on a base substrate in a controlled manner in droplets having an average diameter of 10μ (10 microns) to point bond yarns, bond spiral wound strips together or to bond layers of a fabric together.

US Patent:

7297234, Nov 20, 2007

Filed:

Jan 27, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/342184

Inventors:

Francis L. Davenport - Ballston Lake NY, US
Charles E. Kramer - Walpole MA, US
Joseph G. O'Connor - Hopedale MA, US
Maurice Paquin - Plainville MA, US

Assignee:

Albany International Corp. - Albany NY

International Classification:

D21F 7/08
D21F 7/12
D21F 1/10

US Classification:

1623582, 162348, 162362, 162900, 162902, 162903, 442149, 428196, 428198, 427288

Abstract:

A method of manufacturing and a papermaker's or industrial fabric, which includes the application of a polymeric resin material onto preselected discrete locations on a base substrate in a controlled manner in droplets having an average diameter of 10μ (10 microns) to point bond yarns, bond spiral wound strips together or to bond layers of a fabric together.

US Patent:

7308862, Dec 18, 2007

Filed:

Aug 7, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/923936

Inventors:

Eric Romanski - Clifton Park NY, US
Crayton Gregory Toney - Wrentham MA, US
Joseph G. O'Connor - Hopedale MA, US
Maurice R. Paquin - Plainville MA, US

Assignee:

Albany International Corp. - Albany NY

International Classification:

B63B 25/08

US Classification:

114 74T

Abstract:

A flexible fluid containment vessel fabricated out of fabric for transporting and containing a large volume of fluid, particularly fresh water, with the fabric being made from coated thermoplastic yarns or fiber such that its respective sides have coatings so formed thereon that are different from each other or the fabric is coated with voids such that its overall density of the coated fabric is less than 1 g/cmallowing it to float.

US Patent:

7527707, May 5, 2009

Filed:

Oct 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/973195

Inventors:

Francis L. Davenport - Ballston Lake NY, US
Charles E. Kramer - Walpole MA, US
Joseph G. O'Connor - Hopedale MA, US
Maurice Paquin - Plainville MA, US

Assignee:

Albany International Corp. - Albany NY

International Classification:

D21F 7/12
D21F 7/08
D21F 1/10

US Classification:

1623582, 162348, 162900, 162902, 162904, 156181, 156195, 442149, 428 58

Abstract:

A method of manufacturing and a papermaker's or industrial fabric, which includes the application of a polymeric resin material onto preselected discrete locations on a base substrate in a controlled manner in droplets having an average diameter of 10μ (10 microns) to point bond yarns, bond spiral wound strips together or to bond layers of a fabric together.

US Patent:

7815978, Oct 19, 2010

Filed:

Aug 15, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/893209

Inventors:

Francis L. Davenport - Ballston Lake NY, US
Charles E. Kramer - Walpole MA, US
Joseph G. O'Connor - Hopedale MA, US
Maurice Paquin - Plainville MA, US

Assignee:

Albany International Corp. - Albany NY

International Classification:

B05D 3/02
C08F 2/48

US Classification:

427508, 4273722, 4273855, 4273981

Abstract:

A method for manufacturing a papermaker's or industrial fabric requires the application of a polymeric resin material onto preselected locations on a base substrate using an array which deposits the polymeric resin material in droplets having an average diameter of 10μ (10 microns) or more. The preselected locations, for example, may be knuckles formed by the interweaving of the yarns making up the fabric or interstices between the yarns. The purpose of such precise application of the resin is to control functional properties of the fabric, such as permeability and abrasion resistance. The polymeric resin material is set by means appropriate to its composition, and, optionally, may be abraded to provide the polymeric resin material above the surface plane of the base substrate with a uniform thickness.

US Patent:

7919173, Apr 5, 2011

Filed:

Dec 31, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/334511

Inventors:

Francis L. Davenport - Ballston Lake NY, US
Charles E. Kramer - Walpole MA, US
Joseph G. O'Connor - Hopedale MA, US
Maurice Paquin - Plainville MA, US

Assignee:

Albany International Corp. - Albany NY

International Classification:

B05D 1/12

US Classification:

4281951, 428147, 442 76, 162362, 162116, 162348, 162361, 162903

Abstract:

A method for manufacturing a papermaker's or industrial fabric requires the application of a polymeric resin material onto preselected locations on a base substrate using an array which deposits the polymeric resin material in droplets having an average diameter of 10μ (10 microns) or more. The preselected locations, for example, may be knuckles formed by the interweaving of the yarns making up the fabric or interstices between the yarns. The purpose of such precise application of the resin is to control functional properties of the fabric, such as permeability and abrasion resistance. The polymeric resin material is set by means appropriate to its composition, and, optionally, may be abraded to provide the polymeric resin material above the surface plane of the base substrate with a uniform thickness.