Method for manufacturing side panels for disposable articles
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJames A. Keighley, Donald L. Gerber, Michael G. Nease, Mark D. Midkiff
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing side panels for use with disposable articles including the following steps: providing a web of material in a machine direction, the web having activation zones and designated final cut regions; activating the activation zones; making a series of intermediate cuts in the web, each of the intermediate cuts extending across at least a portion of one of the activation zones; making a folded web by folding the web along an axis that is generally parallel to said machine direction; and cutting the folded web in the designated final cut regions to provide individual extensible side panels.
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A method for manufacturing extensible side panels for disposable articles, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a web of material in a machine direction, said web having a longitudinal centerline generally parallel to said machine direction, a pair of longitudinal edges, designated final cut regions, a first region, a second region, and a central zone, said central zone disposed between said first region and said second region;
- (b) making a series of intermediate cuts in said web, each of said intermediate cuts extending across at least a portion of one of said first or second regions;
- (c) folding said web along an axis that is generally parallel to said machine direction 10 form a folded web;
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- (d) cutting said folded web in said designated final cut regions to produce individual extensible side panels.
A method for manufacturing extensible side panels for disposable articles, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a web of material in a machine direction, said web having a longitudinal centerline generally parallel to said machine direction, a pair of longitudinal edges, designated final cut regions, a first region, a second region and a central zone, said central zone disposed between said first region and said second region;
- (b) providing registration holes in said web;
- (c) making a series of first intermediate cuts and a series of second intermediate cuts, said first intermediate cuts extending across said first region from one of said registration holes disposed adjacent said longitudinal edge adjacent said first region to one of said holes registration disposed in said central zone adjacent said first region and said second intermediate cuts extending across said second region from one of said registration holes disposed adjacent said longitudinal edge adjacent said second region to one of said registration holes disposed in said central zone adjacent said second region;
- (d) folding said web along an axis that is generally parallel to said machine direction to form a folded web;
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- (e) cutting said folded web in said designated final cut regions to produce individual extensible side panels.
A method for manufacturing extensible side panels for disposable articles, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a web of material in a machine direction, said web having a longitudinal centerline generally parallel to said machine direction, a pair of longitudinal edges, designated final cut regions, a first region, a second region and a central zone, said central zone disposed between said first region and said second region, at least a portion of said central zone being coincident with an axis;
- (b) activating a first activation zone disposed in at least said first region;
- (c) activating a second activation zone disposed in said second region, said first and said second activation zones being laterally spaced apart about said central zone;
- (d) providing registration holes in said web;
- (e) making a series of first intermediate cuts and a series of second intermediate cuts, said first intermediate cuts extending across said first activation zone from one of said registration holes disposed adjacent said longitudinal edge adjacent said first activation zone to one of said registration hole disposed in said central zone adjacent said first activation zone and said second intermediate cuts extending across said second activation zone from one of said registration holes disposed adjacent said longitudinal edge adjacent said second activation zone to one of said registration holes disposed in said central zone adjacent said second activation zone;
- (f) folding said web along said axis that is generally parallel to said machine direction to form a folded web;
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- (g) cutting said folded web in said designated final cut regions to produce individual extensible side panels.
A method for manufacturing extensible side panels for disposable articles, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a first web of material in a machine direction, said first web having a pair of longitudinal edges generally parallel to said machine of said first web direction and designated final cut regions;
- (b) providing a second web of material in a machine direction, said second web having a pair of longitudinal edges generally parallel to said machine direction of said second web and designated final cut regions;
- (c) making a series of intermediate cuts in said webs;
- (d) overlapping said first web and said second web such that at least one of said longitudinal edges of said first web generally overlaps at least one of said longitudinal edges of said second web;
- (e) joining at least a portion of each of said first and said second webs adjacent said overlapping longitudinal edges to form a side panel stock;
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- (f) cutting said side panel stock in said designated final cut regions to produce individual extensible side panels.
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