Method and system for breaking a web perforation
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorJeffery M. Tabor
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Abstract
An apparatus for breaking a perforation of a moving web includes a web conveyor adapted to move a web in a machine direction, wherein the web has at least one perforation, and at least one breaking member moveable between a first position and a second position. The at least one breaking member is adapted to be positioned remote from the at least one perforation at the first position and is adapted to be positioned adjacent the at least one perforation at the second position. A tensioning device is adapted to sufficiently tension the web against the at least one breaking member such that the at least one perforation is broken. A system and method for breaking a perforation of a moving web is also provided.
Claims31
An apparatus for breaking a perforation of a moving web, comprising:
- a web conveyor adapted to move a web in a machine direction, wherein said web has at least one perforation;
- at least one breaking member moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein the at least one breaking member is adapted to be positioned remote from the at least one perforation at the first position and is adapted to be positioned adjacent the at least one perforation at the second position;
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- a tensioning device adapted to sufficiently tension the web against the at least one breaking member such that the at least one perforation is broken.
A system for breaking a perforation of a moving web, comprising:
- a web conveyor moveable in a machine direction;
- a web having at least one perforation, wherein the web is supported by the web conveyor and is moveable therewith in the machine direction;
- at least one breaking member moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein the at least one breaking member is positioned remote from the at least one perforation at the first position and is positioned adjacent the at least one perforation at the second position;
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- a tensioning device tensioning the web against the at least one breaking member as the web is moved in the machine direction.
A method for breaking a perforation formed in a moving web, comprising:
- moving a web in a machine direction, the web having at least one perforation;
- moving at least one breaking member between a first position remote from the at least one perforation, and a second position adjacent the at least one perforation;
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- applying a tensioning force to the web and thereby breaking the at least one perforation with the at least one breaking member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.