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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ricky Ray Burrow, Doylestown, PA (US);
Eberhard Dietrich Weitze, Skillman, NJ (US);
Assignee:
McNeil-PPC, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53412 ; 531338 ; 53450 ; 53546 ; 53553 ;
Abstract
A package and apparatus and a method for assembling the package, of a feminine hygiene article, wherein the package is laminated around all the side edges of the article. The apparatus and method feature multi-lane processing wherein at least two parallel lanes of articles are processed simultaneously by laminating outer side edges of two opposed cover sheets, as well as the middle portion, with side-by-side articles disposed between the cover sheets.