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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. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Debra Hartley Durrance, Appleton, WI (US);
Scott Gerald Chapple, Neenah, WI (US);
David Michael Clemens, Menasha, WI (US);
Michael Lee Lohoff, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Larry Dean Primeau, DePere, WI (US);
Joseph Donald Schmidt, Menasha, WI (US);
Richard John Schmidt, Roswell, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/900 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for unwinding a web material that defines a plurality of integral lanes with separators disposed between the lanes. At least one lane of the web material can be torn along a separator without using a cutting or slitting device while maintaining one or more other lanes on the roll.