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US 6,673,185 B1Granted
Process for splicing blocks of multi-lane festooned material
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsMark W. Beduhn, Kent E. Kordsmeier, Rodney L. Abba, Robert J. Makolin
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Abstract
A process is provided for splicing multiple blocks of multi-lane festooned material. The tail ends of stacks from a first block are spliced to lead ends of stacks from a second block, and the tail ends of the stacks in the second block are spliced with the lead ends of stacks in the first block or another block.
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A process for splicing and feeding festooned material, comprising:
- a. providing a first multi-lane block of side-by-side stacks of the material, each stack having a leading end and a tail end;
- b. providing at least a second multi-lane block of side-by-side stacks of the material in proximity to the first block, each stack in the second block having a leading end and a tail end;
- c. splicing the tail end of the first stack of the first block to the leading end of the first stack of the second block;
- d. splicing the tail end of the first stack of the second block to the leading end of the second stack of the first block;
- e. repeating the alternating splicing sequence of steps (c) and (d) for subsequent stacks until all of the stacks of the first block and the second block have been alternately spliced such that tail ends of the stacks in the first block are spliced with the lead ends of the stacks in the second block, and the tail ends of the stacks in the second block are spliced with the lead ends of the stacks in the first block;
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- f. providing the leading end of the first stack of the first block as the initial end for a manufacturing process.
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A process for splicing and feeding festooned material, comprising:
- providing multiple blocks of side-by-side stacks of the material, each stack in each block having a leading end and a tail end;
- splicing stacks of all of the blocks together in alternating fashion such that a stack from one block is spliced to a stack of another block;
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- delivering the spliced blocks to a manufacturing line and providing an unspliced leading end of a stack of one of the blocks as the initial end for a manufacturing process.
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A process for splicing and feeding festooned material, comprising:
- providing multiple blocks of side-by-side stacks of the material, each stack in each block having a leading end and a tail end;
- splicing stacks of all of the blocks together in alternating fashion such that a stack from one block is spliced to a stack of another block;
- delivering the spliced blocks to a manufacturing line and providing an unspliced leading end of a stack of one of the blocks as the initial end for a manufacturing process;
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- wherein less than all of the stacks of a first block are spliced to stacks of a second block to define a first source of spliced stacks for a first manufacturing machine or process, and the remaining stacks of the first block are spliced to stacks from the second or a different block to define a second source of spliced stacks for a second manufacturing machine or process.
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