US 12,521,283 B2Granted

Device for forming and/or smoothing a tampon end

AssigneeRuggli AG

InventorMarco Auer

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Abstract

A device and a corresponding method for shaping and/or smoothing at least one end of a tampon blank, in particular an axial end of a tampon blank, includes a guide unit driven by at least one shaft. The guide unit includes first and second conveyor planes. The device also includes shaping sleeves on the second conveyor plane for receiving at least one respective tampon blank, and rotatable shaping caps on the first conveyor plane, each designed to be operatively connected to at least one end of a tampon blank in a shaping sleeve. The first conveyor plane and the second conveyor plane are designed in order to guide a respective at least one of the shaping sleeves on the second conveyor plane coaxially relative to at least one of the rotatable shaping caps on the first conveyor plane on the conveyor plane. A computer program product controls the device.

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Dependent claims

A device for forming and/or smoothing at least one end of a tampon blank, including:

a) a guide unit that is driven by at least one axle, and the guide unit including a first conveying level and a second conveying level;
b) a plurality of mold sleeves on the second conveying level for accommodating at least one tampon blank each;
c) a plurality of rotatable mold caps on the first conveying level, each of which is designed to be brought into operative connection with at least one end of a tampon blank in a mold sleeve, and the mold cap being designed to effect forming and smoothing of at least one end of a tampon blank by exerting at least one of the following:
contact pressure and/or heat and/or friction, and wherein
the first conveying level and the second conveying level are designed to each guide on the conveying level at least one of the plurality of mold sleeves on the second conveying level coaxially with respect to at least one of the plurality of rotatable mold caps on the first conveying level and wherein
the guide unit is designed as a drum that is driven about a central axle.

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