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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2023
Curt G. Joa, Inc., Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Hubert P. Van De Pas, Kiel, WI (US);
Randy J. Teresinski, Jr., Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Christopher S. Lawrence, Elkhart Lake, WI (US);
Jeffrey W. Fritz, Plymouth, WI (US);
Cory D. Veldman, Plymouth, WI (US);
Zachary J. Giffey, Plymouth, WI (US);
CURT G. JOA, INC., Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for forming and applying a pleated core wrap includes a feeding mechanism configured to feed a continuous web of material in a machine direction and a pleating unit configured to form one or more continuous folds in the continuous web of material, so as to form a continuous pleated web of material with a portion of the web of material overlapped in a cross-machine direction. A core-forming drum receives the continuous pleated web of material, the core-forming drum including at least one depression provided on an outer circumferential surface thereof, the depression having a floor having one or more inserts protruding radially outward therefrom. A vacuum system provided a vacuum to the depression that is communicated through the floor to suction the continuous pleated web of material down into the depression, with regions of the continuous pleated web of material separating upon being suctioned down into the depression.