Curt G. Joa, Inc.

Christopher A Schwartz

Robert E Andrews

Jeffrey Wayne Fritz

Christopher J Nelson

Gottfried Jason Hohm

Adam D DeNoble

Sean P Follen

Darren Horness

Tyler W Pagel

Brian G Jankuski

Lloyd F Kreif

Alan J Rabe

Hubert P Van De Pas

Darren R Horness

Jeffrey W Fritz

Adam D De Noble

Andrew T Coose

Brian G Januski

Absorbent garments are made by applying a refastenable material to a continuous panel web, folding the panel web, cutting the folded panel web into discrete folded panels, and aligning the folded panels with perforations in a continuous elasticized waist web. Discrete folded patches are coupled to the elastic web via the refastenable material and the perforation cuts are broken to form a continuous waistband. Absorbent cores are coupled between the continuous waistband and a second continuous waistband, which are cut to form the absorbent garments. The manufacturing apparatus includes a perforation cutter that forms perforation cuts in a continuous waist web comprising elastic elements positioned between facing web layers, a panel applicator that cuts a folded panel web into discrete panels and attaches the discrete panels to the waist web about the perforation cut. A breakage system separates the waist web at the perforation cuts and unfolds the discrete panels.

Method of making elasticized waistband for use in an absorbent garment

The present invention provides machinery used to create products (for instance disposable products). The machinery is operated at high speed, with the machine occupying a small footprint. Materials can be fed into the manufacturing process vertically (from above or below), using assembly stations to feed completed components into the system at appropriate stations. Additionally, restocking of raw components can be accomplished by robotic means of transferring the raw material from staging areas into infeeding or splicing stations, without the need for human operators.

Methods and apparatus for forming disposable products at high speeds with small machine footprint

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Sheboygan, WI, United States of America

Christopher A Schwartz