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US 11,684,927 B2Granted
Discretizer and method of using same
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsChristopher Michael Young, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Fei Wang
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Abstract
Discretizers that exhibit improved solid additive laden fluid flow emanating from the discretizers and methods of using same, particularly for making fibrous structures are provided.
Claims7
A method for discretizing a source of solid additives, the method comprising the steps of providing a hammermill comprising a housing and a rotor movable within the housing, wherein the housing comprises a discharge outlet having a discharge area of a discharge plane and cross machine-direction (CD) walls between the discharge area and the rotor that are non-parallel with each other;
- supplying a source of solid additives selected from the group consisting of:
- bales of fibers, rolled pulp, web of pulp, and mixtures thereof to the hammermill such that the hammermill discretizes the source of solid additives into a plurality of solid additives during operation of the hammermill.
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