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US 8,282,614 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for producing stabilized absorbent structure
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsSteven Ray Gilbert, Jeffrey Scott Hudson
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Abstract
A process and apparatus for producing a stabilized product from a pledget, including the steps of providing a pledget and a transfer member, and pushing the compressed pledget into a stabilization mold with the transfer member as the transfer member advances to a loading position. The transfer member is retracted to a stabilizing position. The compressed pledget is stabilized while the compressed pledget is maintained in compression by the transfer member and the stabilization mold to form a stabilized tampon.
Claims14
A process for stabilizing a product from a pledget, comprising the steps of:
- providing a pledget into a compression mold;
- compressing said pledget in said compression mold to form a compressed pledget;
- unloading said compressed pledget from said compression mold and loading said compressed pledget into a stabilization mold by a transfer member, whereby said transfer member advances to a loading position;
- retracting said transfer member to a stabilizing position;
- stabilizing said compressed pledget in said stabilization mold to form a stabilized product, wherein said transfer member remains in said stabilizing position during at least a portion of the step of stabilizing said compressed pledget;
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- unloading said stabilized product from said stabilization mold.
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