Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturi – With cutting – breaking – tearing – or abrading – Including assembling or disassembling of distinct members
Reexamination Certificate
2005-12-06
2005-12-06
Gerrity, Stephen F. (Department: 3721)
Manufacturing container or tube from paper; or other manufacturi
With cutting, breaking, tearing, or abrading
Including assembling or disassembling of distinct members
C493S338000, C493S395000, C493S397000, C493S404000, C493S405000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06971981
ABSTRACT:
The invention is directed to method and apparatus for making pads, such as interlabial pads. The apparatus includes a blending apparatus that weighs and blends fibers of different materials, at least one of which is absorbent. The blended fibers are conveyed through a chute to a fiber collection station. At the fiber collection station, collecting and feeding apparatus collects the blended fibers and feeds them to a forming apparatus that forms the blended fibers into a continuous blended-fiber web. The blended-fiber web is fed to a pad-making apparatus that cuts fluid-absorbent bodies in the blended-fiber web and laminates the bodies with at least one continuous cover web to form a laminated web. The laminated web is fed to a sealing and cutting apparatus to make the pads. Folding apparatus is provided for folding each pad along a major axis thereof.
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Dobslaw Scott D.
Fischer Dale J.
Heuer Daniel J.
Hlaban James J.
Keenan Thomas P.
Desai Hemant M.
Gerrity Stephen F.
Kimberly--Clark Worldwide, Inc.
Senniger Powers
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