# US 2016/0355960 A1 · Article of Manufacture Making System > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0355960 A1 - Document ID: US20160355960A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/172,174 - Filed: 2016-06-03 - Published: 2016-12-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-03 - Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company - Applicants: The Procter & Gamble Company - Inventors: Christopher Michael Young; Steven Lee Barnholtz; Fei Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160355960A1 ## CPC - D01G 13/00: Mixing, e.g. blending, fibres; Mixing non-fibrous materials with fibres - D01G 1/02: to form staple fibres not delivered in strand form - D04H 1/732: by fluid current, e.g. air-lay - D04H 1/407: containing absorbing substances, e.g. activated carbon - D21H 27/002: {Tissue paper; Absorbent paper (D21H21/22, D21H27/02, D21H27/20 take precedence; toilet paper A47K10/00; absorbent pads for physiological fluids A61L15/16; making on paper-making machines D21F11/00)} - D01G: PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF FIBRES, e.g. FOR SPINNING (winding or unwinding, conducting or guiding laps, webs, slivers or rovings in general, sliver or roving cans, depositing in sliver or roving cabs B65H; preparation of fibres for paper-making D21) - D04H: MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL (weaving D03; knitting D04B; braiding D04C; net-making D04G; sewing D05B; tufting D05C; finishing non-woven fabrics D06); FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING {; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION}(non-woven fabrics having an intermediate or external layer of a different kind, e.g. of woven fabric, B32B) - D21H: PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An article of manufacture making system for making an article of manufacture containing a plurality of dry solid additives, such as fibers, that utilizes a dry solid additive delivery system with a relatively low Stokes Number for the dry solid additives. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An article of manufacture making system that makes an article of manufacture comprising a plurality of dry solid additives, the article of manufacture making system comprising a dry solid additive delivery system comprising one or more dry solid additive inlets and one or more dry solid additive outlets, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive inlets is intimately associated with at least one dry solid additive source that supplies dry solid additives to the at least one dry solid additive inlet wherein the dry solid additives are conveyed through the dry solid additive delivery system from at least one of the dry solid additive inlets to at least one of the dry solid additive outlets from which the dry solid additives are formed into an article of manufacture, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive outlets is intimately associated with the article of manufacture, wherein one or more prime movers are located between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets, and wherein the Stokes Number of the dry solid additives within the dry solid additive delivery system has a value of less than 2000 in any region of analysis between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 1 wherein the Stokes Number of the dry solid additives within the dry solid additive delivery system has a value of less than 1500 in any region of analysis between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the dry solid additive sources is a discretizer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 1 wherein the dry solid additive delivery system comprises a plurality of dry solid additive inlets. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the prime movers is an eductor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 1 wherein the number of dry solid additive sources is greater than the number of prime movers in the article of manufacture making system. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 1 wherein the number of prime movers is greater than the number of dry solid additive sources in the article of manufacture making system. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 1 wherein the dry solid additive delivery system comprises from 0 to less than about 1000 cross flow members between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and one of the dry solid additive outlets. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 1 wherein the CD dimension of at least one of the dry solid additive outlets is greater than the CD dimension of at least one of the dry solid additive inlets. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 1 wherein the number of dry solid additive outlets is greater than the number of dry solid additive sources in the article of manufacture making system. ### Claim 11 An article of manufacture making system that makes an article of manufacture comprising a plurality of dry solid additives, the article of manufacture making system comprising a dry solid additive delivery system comprising one or more dry solid additive inlets and one or more dry solid additive outlets, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive inlets is intimately associated with at least one dry solid additive source that supplies dry solid additives to the at least one dry solid additive inlet wherein the dry solid additives are conveyed through the dry solid additive delivery system from at least one of the dry solid additive inlets to at least one of the dry solid additive outlets from which the dry solid additives are formed into an article of manufacture, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive outlets is intimately associated with the article of manufacture, wherein one or more prime movers are located between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets, and wherein the Stokes Number of the dry solid additives within the dry solid additive delivery system has a value of less than 2000 in any region of analysis between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets ignoring the prime movers. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 11 wherein the Stokes Number of the dry solid additives within the dry solid additive delivery system has a value of less than 1500 in any region of analysis between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 11 wherein at least one of the dry solid additive sources is a discretizer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 11 wherein the dry solid additive delivery system comprises a plurality of dry solid additive inlets. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 11 wherein at least one of the prime movers is an eductor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 11 wherein the number of dry solid additive sources is greater than the number of prime movers in the article of manufacture making system. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 11 wherein the number of prime movers is greater than the number of dry solid additive sources in the article of manufacture making system. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 11 wherein the dry solid additive delivery system comprises from 0 to less than about 1000 cross flow members between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and one of the dry solid additive outlets. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 11 wherein the CD dimension of at least one of the dry solid additive outlets is greater than the CD dimension of at least one of the dry solid additive inlets. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The article of manufacture making system according to claim 11 wherein the number of dry solid additive outlets is greater than the number of dry solid additive sources in the article of manufacture making system.