Foam-based manufacturing system and process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11932988
APP PUB NO 20230074870A1
SERIAL NO

17789463

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A system comprising a pulper configured to (i) accept surfactant, a liquid and fiber stock and (ii) generate a foam that suspends the fiber stock, wherein the foam has a half-life; a headbox configured to receive the foam-suspended fiber stock from the pulper and displace the foam-suspended fiber stock onto a forming wire, wherein a time it takes the foam-suspended fiber stock to move from the pulper to the headbox is less than the half-life; and a foam return device that removes at least some of the foam from the forming wire and returns the at least some of the foam to the pulper.

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KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE INCWISCONSIN WISCONSIN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baker, Joseph K Cumming, US 15 76
Colman, Charles W Marietta, US 31 357
Payne, Michael Acworth, US 38 919
Polashock, Vicky S Roswell, US 6 43
Swails, Marvin E E Alpharetta, US 1 1

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