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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 09, 2014
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Peter Wiedmann, Montgomery, OH (US);
Todd Douglas Lenser, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Ricky Reynaldo Yanez, Jr., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Yoichiro Yamamoto, Cologne, DE;
Andreas Josef Dreher, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 45/28 (2006.01); B65H 45/16 (2006.01); B65H 45/18 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 45/28 (2013.01); A61F 13/15747 (2013.01); B65H 45/16 (2013.01); B65H 45/18 (2013.01); A61F 13/15585 (2013.01); B65H 45/164 (2013.01); B65H 2701/19 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1924 (2013.01); B65H 2801/57 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for manufacturing absorbent articles. More particularly, the systems and methods for folding absorbent articles advancing in a converting line may be configured with tucker blades that prevent opposing end regions of absorbent articles from colliding directly with each other as the absorbent articles are being folded.