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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
May. 15, 2001
Lloyd Carl Hietpas, Kimberly, WI (US);
Joseph Daniel Coenen, Kaukauna, WI (US);
David Arthur Kuen, Neenah, WI (US);
David Albert Maxton, Menasha, WI (US);
Robert Lee Popp, Hortonville, WI (US);
Charles Robert Tomsovic, Omro, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A panel positioning system can be used to position side panels during manufacture of a pant. As a pant is transported in a machine direction, the panel positioning system moves a pant side panel in a direction generally perpendicular to the machine direction. The panel positioning system can comprise a drive mechanism, a positioning mechanism operatively connected to the drive mechanism, and a head connected to the positioning mechanism. The drive mechanism and the positioning mechanism can cause the head to move in an orbital profile and contact the side panel. The orbital profile can lie in a plane generally perpendicular to a pant transport plane or in a plane oblique to a pant transport plane.