Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Thomas Tanakon Ungpiyakul

Patrick Sean McNichols

Timothy James Blenke

Sheng-Hsin Hu

Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cooke

MeeWha Lee

Thomas Arthur Bett

Mark John Beitz

Jennifer L Marvin

Jane Louise Clough

Paul Alois Weber

Darin Allen Engelhart

Thomas Michael Killian

Pam Thompson

A package for consumable products is disclosed. The package includes a plurality of subpackages connected together by a connecting member. For instance, the package may contain two subpackages or alternatively four subpackages all connected at one end to a connecting member. The package is particularly well suited to holding relatively large quantities of the consumable product. Because the subpackages are connected at one end, the package may be draped over an adjacent structure, such as a shopping cart. In this way, the package can be placed in a shopping cart without taking up an excessive amount of space.

Package for consumable products with separately sealed compartments

A method of accumulating a web includes pivoting subsets of rolls to a generally vertical alignment; moving one set of rolls past the other; passing the web between the sets of rolls; moving one set of rolls past the other to engage the web; pivoting the subsets to a generally horizontal alignment; moving the web alternatively between the subsets; and moving the sets apart to accumulate the web and together to discharge the web. A web accumulator includes at least two sets of rolls. Each set of rolls has subsets of rolls. The subsets have two consecutive staggered rolls. The accumulator has a web path defined by alternating between subsets of the first set and subsets of the second set.

Method and apparatus for accumulating a web

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Neenah, WI, United States of America

Thomas Tanakon Ungpiyakul