Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080196564 | Single transfer insert placement method and apparatus - An apparatus and method is provided for single transfer insert placement. The apparatus receives continuous web material and cuts a discrete section or pad from the web. The pad is then supported on a single transfer surface. The single transfer surface then may spin the supported pad to a desired angle and provide the pad to a receiving surface at a desired interval. | 08-21-2008 |
20090301651 | Method of producing a pants-type diaper - A method for producing disposable undergarments is disclosed. The method generally comprises combining a first layer, comprising an elastic material sandwiched between layers of nonwoven material, and a second layer, comprising a backing material and a graphically printed applied patch of material layer. | 12-10-2009 |
20100300838 | Article transfer and placement apparatus with active puck - An apparatus for transferring articles such as absorbent cores or disposable diaper chassis components from a rotary mechanism, such as a pad turner, to a linear mechanism, such as a conveyor, for further processing. A puck on the apparatus is capable of manipulating the article during this transfer procedure. | 12-02-2010 |
20100327035 | Trim removal system - A system for removing chips from a web is disclosed, the system having a rotationally variable speed shoe for receiving a chip, a rotationally constant speed transfer roll for receiving a portion of a web from a die and anvil system, with the shoe initially rotating at a constant speed, slowing to allow a portion of the web to rip away from the chip at a leading rotational edge of the chip, next increasing in rotational speed to allow the chip to rip away from the web at a trailing rotational edge of the chip. | 12-30-2010 |
20110094657 | Method and apparatus for stretching segmented stretchable film and application of the segmented film to a moving web - An elastic material is cut, set to a product pitch, stretched a desired amount and applied to a moving target web to create a product with a desired amount of elasticity over a desired area. A vacuum wheel with an aggressive vacuum pattern is used for securing and stretching the stretchable film, the same type of wheel also capable of being used as a trim removal device. | 04-28-2011 |
20110155305 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH STRETCH FILM SIDE PANEL AND APPLICATION OF INTERMITTENT DISCRETE COMPONENTS OF AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE - Apparatus and methods are provided to allow for creation of a configured laminate of a non-woven material, to which a character strip is applied, the character strip exposed by either heat severing and removal of overlying materials, or intermittent application of overlying materials to leave the desired portions of the character strip exposed. A simultaneously formed core insert is applied to a preformed chassis web. | 06-30-2011 |
20110168326 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A PANTS-TYPE DIAPER - A method for producing disposable undergarments is disclosed. The method generally comprises combining a first layer, comprising an elastic material sandwiched between layers of nonwoven material, and a second layer, comprising a backing material and a graphically printed applied patch of material layer. | 07-14-2011 |
20110265619 | SINGLE TRANSFER INSERT PLACEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus and method is provided for single transfer insert placement. The apparatus receives continuous web material and cuts a discrete section or pad from the web. The pad is then supported on a single transfer surface. The single transfer surface then may spin the supported pad to a desired angle and provide the pad to a receiving surface at a desired interval. | 11-03-2011 |
20110297294 | Apparatus and Method for Forming a Pant-Type Diaper with Refastenable Side Seams - A pants type disposable undergarment is provided which is equipped with a pre-fastened pull-on pant with a side lap seam formed by the methods of the present invention, and methods for producing such disposable undergarments. | 12-08-2011 |
20120186944 | ARTICLE TRANSFER AND PLACEMENT APPARATUS WITH ACTIVE PUCK - An apparatus for transferring articles such as absorbent cores or disposable diaper chassis components from a rotary mechanism, such as a pad turner, to a linear mechanism, such as a conveyor, for further processing. A puck on the apparatus is capable of stretching and rotating the article during this transfer procedure. The puck includes a pair of end segments each of which is arranged to move from a first position where each end segment is at a first distance and a first angle relative to the puck and a second position where each end segment is at a second distance and a second angle relative to the puck during the transfer process. | 07-26-2012 |
20130035222 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION OF NESTED ZERO WASTE EAR TO TRAVELING WEB - The present invention provides a method of providing a disposable product with zero waste ear formation and attaching the ears to a running chassis web. | 02-07-2013 |
20130075038 | DIFFERENTIAL SPEED SHAFTED MACHINES AND USES THEREFOR, INCLUDING DISCONTINUOUS AND CONTINUOUS SIDE BY SIDE BONDING - An apparatus having independently rotating shafts for producing discontinuous and continuous side by side bonding using independently rotating bonding units. | 03-28-2013 |
20130239764 | SINGLE TRANSFER INSERT PLACEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - A web cutting system is provided for use with a single transfer insert placement mechanism having at least one puck for transferring a discrete web and a continuous web feeding mechanism for feeding a continuous web wherein first and second rollers having substantially parallel axes and being aligned with one another form a nip at their juncture, an anvil is attached to one roller, a die is attached to the other roller, a vacuum source is coupled to one of the rollers, a plurality of vacuum apertures is formed in the same roller. One of the rollers is positioned adjacent to the single transfer insert placement mechanism and to the continuous web feeding mechanism. The continuous web is applied to one roller and at least one discrete web is transferred from the puck to the same roller after which a die cutting process of the webs occurs at the nip. | 09-19-2013 |
20130239765 | SINGLE TRANSFER INSERT PLACEMENT AND APPARATUS WITH CROSS-DIRECTION INSERT PLACEMENT CONTROL - An apparatus and method is provided for single transfer insert placement. The apparatus receives continuous web material and cuts a discrete section or pad from the web. The pad is then supported on a single transfer surface. The single transfer surface then may spin the supported pad to a desired angle and provide the pad to a receiving surface at a desired interval. The web material can be cut to different insert lengths and the placement location varied. | 09-19-2013 |
20130277154 | ELASTIC BREAK BRAKE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING BROKEN ELASTIC RETHREADING - A series of elastic break brakes are provided throughout a travel path of elastics in a machine operation. Elastic strands thread through each individual brake mechanism, and if an elastic strand breaks downstream, a natural snap back of the elastic, which ordinarily travels through the system under tension, drives an immediately upstream cam mechanism back, and holds the elastic thread in place at the elastic break brake immediately upstream of the break as to minimize rethreading required downstream of the elastic break brake. | 10-24-2013 |
20130281957 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING PARALLEL FLARED ELASTICS TO DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS AND DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS CONTAINING PARALLEL FLARED ELASTICS - A series of elastic break brakes are provided throughout a travel path of elastics in a machine operation. Elastic strands thread through each individual brake mechanism, and if an elastic strand breaks downstream, a natural snap back of the elastic, which ordinarily travels through the system under tension, drives an immediately upstream cam mechanism back, and holds the elastic thread in place at the elastic break brake immediately upstream of the break as to minimize rethreading required downstream of the elastic break brake. | 10-24-2013 |
20150025492 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING A PANT-TYPE DIAPER WITH REFASTENABLE SIDE SEAMS - A pants type disposable undergarment is provided which is equipped with a pre-fastened pull-on pant with a side lap seam formed by the methods of the present invention, and methods for producing such disposable undergarments. | 01-22-2015 |