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US 2020/0180182 A1Published application
Compliant anvil
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJames William BUSCH, Chad BURNETT, Jennifer Lynn SCHALLICK, Stephen Douglas CONGLETON
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Abstract
An anvil is configured to operatively engage with a tooling agent. The anvil includes an outer surface, an opposing surface opposite the outer surface and an inner surface. One or more spring elements are disposed between the opposing surface and the inner surface. The springs provide a compliance to the anvil.
Claims28
An apparatus comprising:
- an anvil roll comprising:
- a machine direction (MD) and a cross machine direction (CD);
- an outer circumferential surface, an opposing surface opposite the outer circumferential surface, and an inner circumferential surface positioned radially inward of the outer circumferential surface, and
- one or more spring elements disposed between the opposing surface and the inner circumferential surface, wherein the one or more spring elements provide a compliance;
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- a tooling roll operatively engageable with the anvil roll.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an anvil roll comprising:
- an outer circumferential surface having an engaging portion and a passive portion;
- an opposing surface opposite the outer circumferential surface, and an inner circumferential surface positioned radially inward of the outer circumferential surface, and
- one or more primary spring elements disposed between the opposing surface and the inner circumferential surface, such that the primary spring elements provide a primary compliance to the engaging portion and wherein the passive portion is substantially rigid;
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- a tooling roll operatively engageable with the engaging portion.
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A method of modifying a web, the method comprising:
- rotating an anvil roll about an axis of rotation, the anvil roll comprising one or more spring elements;
- rotating a tooling roll, adjacent to the anvil roll such that a nip is formed between the anvil roll and tooling roll;
- advancing a first substrate in a machine direction through the nip such that the one or more spring elements compress as the anvil roll engages with the tooling roll at the nip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.