Article of manufacture making system
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsChristopher Michael Young, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Fei Wang
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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.
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An article of manufacture making system that makes an article of manufacture, wherein the article of manufacture comprises 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 comprising a discretizer comprising a screen 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 the article of manufacture making system further comprises one or more prime movers that exhibits an aspect ratio of greater than 1, and wherein the dry solid additive delivery system contains from 0 to less than about 1000 cross flow members between at least one of the dry solid additive sources and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets.
An article of manufacture making system that makes an article of manufacture, wherein the article of manufacture comprises 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 intermediate outlets 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 intermediate outlets, wherein the dry solid additives are supplied to the one or more dry solid additive inlets by one or more dry solid additive sources comprising a discretizer comprising a screen, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive sources is intimately associated with at least one of the dry solid additive inlets, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive inlets, at least one of the dry solid additive sources, and at least one of the dry solid additive intermediate outlets exhibits an aspect ratio of greater than 1, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive intermediate outlets exhibits a CD dimension that is greater than the CD dimension of at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive sources, wherein the dry solid additive delivery system further comprises one or more prime movers wherein at least one of the prime movers exhibits an aspect ratio of greater than 1.
An article of manufacture making system that makes an article of manufacture, wherein the article of manufacture comprises 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 intermediate outlets 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 intermediate outlets, wherein the dry solid additives are supplied to the one or more dry solid additive inlets by one or more dry solid additive sources comprising a discretizer comprising a screen, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive sources is intimately associated with at least one of the dry solid additive inlets, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive inlets, at least one of the dry solid additive sources, and at least one of the dry solid additive intermediate outlets exhibits an aspect ratio of greater than 1, and wherein the number of dry solid additive intermediate outlets is greater than the number of dry solid additive sources, wherein the dry solid additive delivery system further comprises one or more prime movers wherein at least one of the prime movers exhibits an aspect ratio of greater than 1.
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