Apparatus and method for mechanically bonding and cutting an article
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorDavid J. Van Eperen
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Abstract
In a method and apparatus for mechanically bonding and cutting an article during assembly thereof at least a portion of the article is transported through a nip defined by first and second members. A bonding segment is disposed on one of the first and second members and a cutting segment separate from the bonding segment is also disposed on one of the first and second members. The apparatus is operable so that a portion of the article is mechanically bonded as the article passes through the nip and a portion of the article separate from the bonded portion is cut as the article passes through the nip.
Claims16
A method of mechanically bonding and cutting an article, having longitudinally opposite ends, during assembly thereof, said method comprising:
- transporting the article in a machine direction during assembly thereof such that at least part of the article passes through a nip as the article is transported in the machine direction;
- mechanically bonding a portion of the article at said nip as said article passes through the nip;
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- cutting a portion of the article at said nip intermediate its longitudinal ends and separate from said bonded portion as said article passes through the nip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.