Method and system for manufacturing facemasks in a production line
AssigneeO&M Halyard, Inc.
InventorsJoseph P. Weber, Mark T. Pamperin, Anthony S. Spencer, Eric C. Steindorf, David L. Harrington
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Abstract
An automated system and method for the manufacture of facemasks from a web of a textile product in a production line is provided. The web is conveyed in the production line along a machine direction. A first tie is attached at a tie attaching station to the web of the textile product, such that the first tie extends from the web in a cross-machine direction perpendicular to the machine direction. The web and first tie are cut at a cutting station in the cross-machine direction across a width of the web in the cross-machine direction to form a facemask separate from the web.
Claims16
An automated method for manufacturing facemasks from a web of a textile product in a production line, comprising:
- conveying the web of the textile product in the production line along a machine direction;
- attaching, at a tie attaching station, a first tie to the web of the textile product in a cross-machine direction such that the first tie extends in the cross-machine direction, wherein the cross-machine direction is perpendicular to the machine direction;
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- cutting, at a cutting station, the web and the first tie in the cross-machine direction across a width of the web in the cross-machine direction to form a facemask separate from the web.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.