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US 2002/0153634 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for geometric scarfing
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Michael Kugler, Michael Barth Venturino, Todd Christy Thoman
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Abstract
A method and apparatus (20) for scarfing a fibrous web (22) can include a scarfing housing (24) which has been provided with a web entrance portion (26), a web exit portion (28), a discharge conduit (30), and an air flow inlet (32, 54). A rotatable scarfing roll (34) can be located in the scarfing housing (24), and in a particular feature, the discharge conduit (30) can be configured with a distinctive conduit angle (36).
Claims20
An apparatus for scarfing a fibrous web, said apparatus comprising:
- a scarfing housing which has a web entrance portion, a web exit portion, an airflow inlet, and a discharge conduit;
- and a rotatable scarfing roll located in said scarfing housing;
- wherein
- said discharge conduit is configured with a conduit angle which is not more than a maximum of about 80°.
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A method for scarfing a fibrous web, said method including
- a providing of a scarfing housing which has a web entrance portion, a web exit portion, an airflow inlet, and a discharge conduit;
- a locating of a rotatable scarfing roll in said scarfing housing;
- and
- a configuring of said discharge conduit with a conduit angle which is not more than about 80°.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.