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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Randy Keith Burr, Neenah, WI (US);
John Wallace de Vos, Appleton, WI (US);
David Willis Heyn, Neenah, WI (US);
Richard Francis Keller, Fremont, WI (US);
Thomas George Olsen, Neenah, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G 1/300 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for depositing particulate material (,) in an airlaid fibrous web (,) includes a moving of a forming surface (,) through a forming chamber (,), and a laying of a fibrous material (,) onto the forming surface to form the fibrous web. The particulate material is delivered into the forming chamber with an arcuate curved nozzle (,) which is positioned within the forming chamber at a location spaced from the forming surface.