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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1999
Joseph Conrad Burriss, Neenah, WI (US);
Robert Thomas Cimini, Appleton, WI (US);
Chris Lee Heikkinen, Menasha, WI (US);
David Andrae Justmann, Hortonville, WI (US);
Richard Francis Keller, Fremont, WI (US);
Donald LeRoy Smith, Hortonville, WI (US);
David James VanEperen, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a distinctive method and apparatus ( ) for forming an article which includes one or more selectively configured strands of material. In particular aspects, the invention can provide a method and apparatus for wrapping a strand of material with a selected filament, and desirably, the filament can be an adhesive filament. The technique of the invention can include a moving of a strand of material ( ) at a selected speed along an appointed machine-direction ( ). A substantially continuous filament ( ) can be directed onto the strand of material ( ) along an oscillating filament path ( ) to form a plurality of filament threads ( ) extending from opposed lateral side regions ( ) of the strand of material ( ). An air stream ( ) is directed to operatively wrap the filament threads ( ) around the strand of material ( ).