Curt G. Joa, Inc.

Anthony A Nelson

John A McCabe

Robert E Andrews

Gottfried Jason Hohm

Zachary J Giffey

Noel Horneck

Daniel Van Dyke

John A Mccabe

Jeffrey Wayne Fritz

Jeff W Fritz

The present invention provides a method of providing a disposable product with zero waste ear formation and attaching the ears to a running chassis web.

Method for application of nested zero waste ear to traveling web

Apparatus and methods are provided for folding discrete items such as diapers at high speeds. Discrete items are conveyed in a machine direction toward a pair of engaging members rotating in the machine direction and first carrying a top side of a leading edge of the discrete item with a first engaging member away from the conveyor, and then carrying a bottom side of the leading edge with a second engaging member back towards the conveyor. The diaper fold is created at a contact point with a folding finger which travels rotationally and straight in a fixed orientation about a travel path into and out of contact with the diaper.

Apparatus and method for high speed cross folding

Apparatus and methods are provided for folding discrete items such as diapers at high speeds. Discrete items are conveyed in a machine direction toward a pair of vacuum drums rotating in the machine direction and first carrying a top side of a leading edge of the discrete item away from the conveyor, and then carrying a bottom side of the leading edge with a second rotational vacuum drum back towards the conveyor. The diaper fold is created at a contact point with a folding finger which travels rotationally and straight in a fixed orientation about a pair of belts, into and out of contact with the diaper.

Methods and apparatus for application of nested zero waste ear to traveling web

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New Holstein, WI, United States of America

Anthony A Nelson