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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:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Balbir Singh, Media, PA (US);
Ethicon, Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system (,) for producing folded articles includes a cutting station (,) operable to segment a fabric web (,) into a continuous stream of individual web segments (,). The system also includes a rotary folder (,) comprising a plurality of folding rollers (,). The rotary folder (,) rotates about an axis spaced apart from axes of the folding rollers (,). The rotary folder (,) is operable to receive the web segments (,) at a first location and fold the web segments one or more times while rotating from the first location to a second location about the rotary folder (,) axis. The system further includes a transfer station (,) operable to receive the folded web segments (,) from the rotary folder (,) at the second location and deliver the folded web segments (,) to a third location.
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