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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1999
John M. Tharpe, Jr., Panama City, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for producing a plurality of shock and moisture absorbing pads is provided. The apparatus preferably includes a waste material grinder positioned to grind the relatively large particle waste material into relatively much smaller particles, a ground waste core material feeder positioned to feed ground waste core material downstream, a core pad former positioned to form the core material into a plurality of individual core pads, a core pad encaser positioned to encase the plurality of individual core pads with a selected sheet of material to thereby form a sheet of a plurality of shock and moisture absorbing pads, and a pad separator positioned to separate the sheet into a plurality of individual shock and moisture absorbing pads. A shock and moisture absorbing pad is also provided and preferably includes a core pad formed from a particulate material, an elongate lower sheet underlying the core pad, an elongate upper sheet overlying the core pad, and an adhesive material contacting each of the upper and lower sheets. The particulate material of the pad preferably includes at least one of the following: super absorbency material, fluff, elastic, polymeric material, and glue. Also, the upper and lower sheets of the pad preferably include paper.