Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Caleb E Ihrig

Joseph Daniel Coenen

Gerald Keith Sosalla

Jesse Paul Sorenson

Joseph John Sina

Paul Alois Weber

Charles Robert Sample

Greg Malchow

Apparatus for shaping a segment of material includes a forming member having a curved sidewall shaped complementary to a desired shape of the segment of material, and a conforming member having an applicator side and an engagement side disposed for engagement with the curved sidewall of the forming member. The conforming member includes a plurality of attachment regions disposed on the applicator side. Each attachment region is adapted to hold the segment of material on the conforming member. Engagement of the conforming member with the forming member causes the attachment regions to move from a first shape profile to a second shape profile, the second shape profile being the desired shape of the segment of material.

Apparatus for and method of shaping and applying a segment to a moving web

Apparatus for applying ribbon in a nonlinear pattern to a web includes a guide assembly having a roller adapted to guide the ribbon onto the web as the web is moving in a first direction. A reciprocating device is provided to move at least the roller of the guide assembly back and forth along an axis of motion. The axis of motion is other than parallel to the first direction.

Apparatus for and method of applying ribbon in a nonlinear pattern to a web

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Caleb E Ihrig