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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Michael Barth Venturino, Appleton, WI (US);
Randy Keith Burr, Neenah, WI (US);
John Wallace de Vos, Appleton, WI (US);
Leon Robert Flesburg, Neenah, WI (US);
David Willis Heyn, Neenah, WI (US);
Richard Francis Keller, Fremont, WI (US);
Thomas George Olsen, Neenah, WI (US);
Lorry Francis Sallee, Pine River, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming an article ( ) includes a moving of a forming surface ( ) through an operative forming chamber ( ) along a forming path length ( ). A first fibrous stratum ( ) of fiber material ( ) can be deposited onto the forming surface ( ), and the first fibrous stratum ( ) can have a first stratum thickness ( ). A first quantity of a first superabsorbent material ( ) can be directed to form a selected combination with the first fibrous material to provide a first superabsorbent-containing stratum. A second fibrous stratum ( ) of fibrous material can be deposited to overlie the first fibrous stratum ( ), and the second fibrous stratum ( ) can have a second stratum thickness ( ). A second superabsorbent material ( ) can be directed to form a selected combination with the second fibrous material to provide a second superabsorbent-containing stratum.