The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 30, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Michael Kugler, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael Barth Venturino, Appleton, WI (US);
Todd Christy Thoman, Appleton, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/315 ; B27N 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/315 ; B27N 3/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus ( ) for scarfing a fibrous web ( ) can include a scarfing housing ( ) which has been provided with a web entrance portion ( ), a web exit portion ( ), a discharge conduit ( ), and an air flow inlet ( ). A rotatable scarfing roll ( ) can be located in the scarfing housing ( ), and in a particular feature, the discharge conduit ( ) can be configured with a distinctive conduit angle ( ).