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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dean W Westphal, Appleton, WI (US);
David T Strohbeen, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41H / ; B31B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
223 37 ; 223 39 ; 223 40 ; 223 43 ; 493313 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method are provided for inverting a child's training pant or the like. The apparatus generally comprises a pair of mutually facing, diverging conveyor belt assemblies and a pair of suction systems respectively associated with the conveyor belt assemblies. As the conveyor belt assemblies move the training pant therealong, the suction systems act on opposite surfaces of the training pant to draw them apart, thereby opening the training pant. At the end of the conveyor belt assemblies is an inverting assembly for inverting the opened pant.