The Procter Gamble Company

Paul Gerald Tiettmeyer

Michael Devin Long

Jeffry Rosiak

Todd M Fegelman

Chad Burnett

Curtis Hunter Van Valkenburgh

Todd Joseph Statt

Gerard C Fournier

Jerome L Kistner

Brian J Reilly

Methods of separating discrete articles from continuous webs are disclosed. The methods use a separation assembly. The present disclosure further includes a cutting assembly and a pair of cutting rolls for use in the separation assembly.

Methods and apparatuses for separating discrete articles from continuous webs

An apparatus and method for aligning a continuous web of material with an entry point of a machine that utilizes the web as a source material. The web may include pre-processed materials that may be thicker than conventional webs and/or have uneven thickness, and/or are susceptible to excessive compression forces and/or tensions which may be found in ordinary straight-wound rolls. Such pre-processed materials may be wound in traverse-wound rolls or festooned into a container forming a web source structure which is wider than the web width. The web is pulled from such web source structure by the machine through a series of guides which include surfaces having various properties and shapes to create tensions in the web and to align the web with the entry point of the machine.

Apparatus and a method for aligning a web

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Harrison, OH, United States of America

Paul Gerald Tiettmeyer