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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2021
Curt G. Joa, Inc., Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Jeffrey W. Fritz, Plymouth, WI (US);
CURT G. JOA, INC., Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing an elastic composite structure is provided. The apparatus includes an anvil having a face with a first edge and a second edge separated in a cross-machine direction and a first contact surface extending out from the face, the first contact surface including a first notch. The first notch has an interior configured to receive a portion of an elastic thread and a portion of a web layer therein, and the first notch includes a first facing surface and a second facing surface defining at least a portion of the interior. Each of the first facing surface and the second facing surface are in a non-perpendicular orientation relative to the first contact surface and angled toward the first edge of the face.