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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 25, 2014
Applicant:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Kevin Charles Strong, Loveland, OH (US);

Evan Joseph Durling, West Chester, OH (US);

Jason Matthew Orndorff, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);

David Zong Pan, Cambridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/34 (2006.01); A61F 13/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/2085 (2013.01); A61F 13/34 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 83/0453 (2015.04);
Abstract

A method of delivering a discrete cord to a transfer member, wherein the method includes providing a supply path fluidly connected to a metered cord supply. The supply path comprises a fluid flow, a transfer member, and a cutting apparatus. The transfer member comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of orifices on the first surface. The method also comprises moving a deployed cord supply towards the transfer member through the supply path by the fluid flow. The method further comprises moving a portion of the deployed cord supply into an orifice of the transfer member and cutting the deployed cord supply to create a discrete cord comprising a first end and a second end; wherein a portion of the discrete cord is in the orifice to the transfer member.


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