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US 11,952,228 B2Granted
Non-uniform tail sealing and methods thereof
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsVictoria Grace Strain, Gustav Andre Mellin
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Abstract
A method for bonding the tail of a convolutely wound log to the body is provided. The method comprises the use of a bonding material to bond the tail to the wound log. The bonding material may be applied to application sites arranged in a non-uniform pattern.
Claims20
A method for affixing a tail to a convolutely wound log of web material, the method comprising:
- providing a log of wound web material, the web material having a machine direction and a cross direction, the log of wound web material having a tail portion comprising a tail end edge, the web material having a peak and a valley;
- applying a bonding material to an exterior surface of the log of wound web material at a first application site and a second application site;
- wherein the first application site is longer in the machine direction than the second application site;
- wherein the first application site and the second application site are disconnected in the cross-direction;
- wherein the first and second application sites have an MD extent greater than a CD extent;
- wherein the first and second applications sites are different shapes;
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- wherein the first application site is closer to the tail end edge than the second application site.
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A method for affixing a tail to a convolutely wound log of web material, the method comprising:
- providing a log of wound web material, the web material having a machine direction and a cross direction, the log of wound web material having a tail portion comprising a tail end edge, the web material having a peak and a valley;
- applying a bonding material to an exterior surface of the log of wound web material at a first application site, a second application site, a third application site, and a fourth application site;
- wherein the first and third application sites are longer in the machine direction than the second and fourth application sites;
- wherein the first and third application sites are the same length in the machine direction;
- wherein the first application site, the second application site, the third application site, and the fourth application site are disconnected in the cross-direction;
- and
- wherein at least the first and second application sites have an MD extent greater than a CD extent;
- wherein the first and second applications sites are different shapes, and wherein the third and fourth applications sites are different shapes;
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- wherein the first application site is closer to the tail end edge than the second application site, and wherein the third application site is closer to the tail end edge than the fourth application site.
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