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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael C. Cook, Marietta, GA (US);
Stephen T. Farmer, Jr., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 1/04 ; D04H 3/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 1/04 ; D04H 3/16 ;
Abstract
A support for a web forming machine which allows for vertical adjustment of a web forming belt with respect to at least one die head positioned above the web forming belt, and allows for tilting of the web forming belt. The support allows linear motion along a y-axis defined by a length of a guide shaft while preventing linear motion along a x-axis and a z-axis, e.g. the two axes perpendicular to the y-axis. Further, the support allows rotational or axial motion about the x-axis perpendicular to the y-axis but prevents rotational or axial motion about the y-axis and the z-axis.