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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2017
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventor:
Jason Matthew Orndorff, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
The Procter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 45/08 (2006.01); B65H 45/12 (2006.01); B65H 45/22 (2006.01); B29C 53/26 (2006.01); B65B 9/20 (2012.01); B29K 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 67/00 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 45/08 (2013.01); B29C 53/26 (2013.01); B65B 9/20 (2013.01); B65H 45/12 (2013.01); B65H 45/22 (2013.01); B65H 45/228 (2013.01); B29K 2023/06 (2013.01); B29K 2023/12 (2013.01); B29K 2067/003 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0053 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0067 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7128 (2013.01); Y10T 156/101 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1016 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for pleating or otherwise shaping a web are described herein. The method and apparatus may have numerous applications. In some embodiments, the method and apparatus are used in the formation, filling, and sealing of unit dose packages for consumer products. A method and apparatus for forming sealing two moving webs together, which webs have portions that are non-planar are also described herein.