US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on May 13 for "Process and system for reorienting fibers in a foam forming process" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,599, issued on May 13, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Process and system for reorienting fibers in a foam forming process" was invented by Peter Wallace (Penzance, Great Britain), Joseph K. Baker (Cumming, Ga.) and Charles W. Colman (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for foam forming webs is described herein. A foamed suspension of fibers is fed into a mixing chamber and then directed through a narrow constriction where the velocity of the foamed suspension of fibers is increased. From the narrow constriction, the foamed suspension of fibers enters a forming chamber which causes th...