Assembly for manufacturing water-soluble pouches
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsMiguel BRANDT SANZ, Tasos CHARALAMBIDES
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Abstract
Examples relate to a drum assembly for manufacturing water-soluble pouches, the drum assembly comprising: a base drum configured to rotate around a central axis, a plurality of shell segments detachably mounted to the base drum collectively forming a cylindrical outer molding surface around the circumference of the base drum; wherein the outer molding surface comprises a plurality of mold cavities, each mold cavity being configured to define one or more compartments in the water-soluble pouches, and wherein each shell segment covers an angular portion of the circumference of the base drum preferably comprised in a range of 20° to 120°.
Claims18
A drum assembly for manufacturing water-soluble pouches, the drum assembly comprising:
- a base drum configured to rotate around a central axis, the base drum having a cylindrical shape extending in an axial direction;
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- a plurality of shell segments, each shell segment being detachably mounted to the base drum;
- the shell segments collectively forming a cylindrical outer molding surface around the circumference of the base drum;
- wherein the outer molding surface comprises a plurality mold cavities, each mold cavity being configured to define one or more compartments in the water-soluble pouches, and
- wherein each shell segment covers an angular portion of the circumference of the base drum comprised in a range of 20° to 120°.
A system for transforming a first drum assembly into a second drum assembly for manufacturing water-soluble pouches comprising:
- a base drum configured to rotate around a central axis, the base drum having a cylindrical shape extending in an axial direction,
- a plurality of first shell segments, each first shell segment being reversibly attachable to the base drum, the first shell segments being configured to collectively form a first outer molding surface around the circumference of the base drum, wherein the first outer molding surface comprises a plurality of first mold cavities, each first mold cavity being configured to define one or more first compartments in the water-soluble pouch, wherein each first shell segment is configured to cover an angular portion of the circumference of the base drum in a range of 20° to 120;
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- a plurality of second shell segments, each second shell segment being reversibly attachable to the base drum ;
- the second shell segments being configured to collectively form a second outer molding surface around the circumference of the base drum, wherein the second outer molding surface comprises a plurality of second mold cavities, each second mold cavity being configured to one or more second compartments in the water-soluble pouch, wherein each second shell segment is configured to cover an angular portion of the circumference of the base drum in a range of 20° to 120;
- and,
- wherein a number of first mold cavities is different from a number of second mold cavities and/or a shape of the first mold cavities is different from a shape of the second mold cavities and/or the size of the first mold cavities is different from a size of the second mold cavities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.