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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Adam Schoultz, Mason, OH (US);
Joseph J. Sina, Appleton, WI (US);
Marcille Faye Ruman, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Kathy Irene Bennett, Neenah, WI (US);
Joseph Daniel Coenen, Kaukauna, WI (US);
Daniel Marvin Nussbaum, Neenah, WI (US);
Lori Roocks, Menasha, WI (US);
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A bonding and slitting device is adapted to form fin seams in absorbent articles having a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between the front waist region and the back waist region. The device includes a first bonding member and a second bonding member having a contact element configured to cooperate with the first bonding member to bond the front region of the chassis to the back region to define the fin seams. A slitter is configured to simultaneously act on material outboard of the bonds from both the front and back regions of the chassis.