US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on April 21 for "Headbox for manufacturing a substrate" (Wisconsin, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,956, issued on April 21, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Headbox for manufacturing a substrate" was invented by Stephen A. Marrano (Oshkosh, Wis.), Kyle Krautkramer (Kaukauna, Wis.) and Reza Ramazani Rend (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and processes for producing a substrate are described. A headbox is also provided. The headbox can include at least one flow section. The at least one flow section can include a constriction zone; a slice zone; an expansion zone; and a formation zone. A process for producing a web is also provided. The process can include depositing a slurry...